gab
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Anyone who has ever watched an interview with Mr. McConaughey, or delved into his enchanting memoir “Greenlights,” is aware that listening to him gab is a treat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Laurent had the good-natured gab, Simone the uncompromising discourse," French newspaper Le Monde said of the Gbagbos' political partnership.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
“America’s Talking gab grabbing cable viewers,” USA Today, July 6, 1995.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
He has the gift of gab, he’s someone who likes to talk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Where his father had the gift of gab, Kermit had a gift for learning foreign languages.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Paul puts ‘bust’ in filibuster He doesn’t make it on the list of longest Senate gabs — but reading from Twitter instead of phone books might be a first.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2013
And in an era in which Lady Gaga gabs on about subverting gender and sexuality norms, these fellows strut the strut.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
Mark, a towering, perennially upbeat presence, relentlessly gabs away; Jay, short and bearded, lingers alongside.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010
Scarlet gabs on a phone attached to the wall, Ruby reads a book, and Carmen admires herself in the sunlight that cascades through a window.
From Slate ● May 26, 2009
Mrs. Fischer gabs about our quest to save the coyote until Ms. Andrews cuts her off.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
“I thought she was stunning, unpretentious and real. She asked about Bella and didn’t talk about herself. We gabbed until 3 a.m.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
He’s a guy who has actually governed, not just gabbed about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
Just around the corner from the VA hospital where Cline worked, families huddled maskless and gabbed over heaps of pasta at the local Olive Garden.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2021
Every single woman I’ve gabbed with this week about the recent college admissions scandal has demanded to know where, exactly, William H. Macy was in all of this.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019
The two of them gabbed for a good five minutes before we resumed our slow march.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
They were the ones with the open bars, the gabbing salespeople, and the display of blinking cabinets set to free-play mode.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
Residents go to the post office on Fetters Mill Road near the old train tracks to snag their letters and packages while gabbing with friends and relatives they run into.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
I’ll listen to any type of podcast as long as it’s diverting — an interview, a historical recapitulation, a true-crime saga, two pals gabbing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
Roughly 10 days later, after much gabbing, those who share a strong connection get engaged and meet for the first time before jetting off for a honeymoon-esque stay in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
All the kids from out of state and their chaperones kept gabbing and giggling.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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