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[chat] / tʃæt /




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On set, the two had trailers that were next door to each other, and with time to kill between filming, they would head next door and chat for hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"It's that hard call knowing that you've got to have a tough chat with someone like Brad O'Neill, who's probably not doing anything wrong," McDermott said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Updates were shared with police in a group chat, helping Austrian officers locate and arrest the suspect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

We checked back in with them to chat about his job performance since then, and look ahead to the 2028 race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

And now that I’ve accepted the phone my parents got me, I’m on the group text chat, which I’m still not used to.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

"All our work group chats immediately blew up. Everyone started messaging each other, discussing what was happening. And what I found fascinating was how quickly we turned the whole thing into a joke."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Representatives chosen by those assemblies coordinated protests, media strategy and eventually the election campaign through working groups and Telegram and Signal chats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

She chats up her neighbors, and asks them what they need help with or if they need resources or a ride.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

The picture of the boys was a viral TikTok prompt that encouraged users to show images of their group chats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Father spends his days making rounds through the village, trying to strike up chats with the idle old men, or venturing farther afield to inspect the state of grace in the neighboring villages.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Raman attended Mass at 9 a.m., then chatted with parishioners in English and Spanish and grabbed food from a taco stand set up in the church’s courtyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

As he chatted with Castelly, he pulled up his right trouser leg and revealed a large ankle monitor.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Alphonso Tubbs, 56, chatted with Quinonez while looking at the work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

There, he says, he chatted with strangers who told him they were taking the same precaution following a recent home invasion in Comanche.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Kelly Moran chatted to Debby Crombie by the toffee-apple stall.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Trevarthen explained that her father and the astronaut got chatting and her father mentioned she was a teacher.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Bobby Robotowitz” follows Dina, a flailing novelist, mother and wife, as she begins chatting with Bobby, whom she finds an unlikely confidant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her daughter soon saw it as a confidante, chatting with Gemini and Google Search’s AI Mode chatbot for hours on her personal devices and her Chromebook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But the mics also picked up reporters chatting, and embarrassing comments went beyond their frequent use of the hyper-localized and outdated NorCal modifier “hella.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Liddy snapped pictures while Hunt stood in the hall, chatting with Martinez in Spanish.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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