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In plain language, that means he’s probably going to ramble late into the night about a bunch of baseless conspiracy theories.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

His fusion of speaking and singing allows him to ramble as he embraces absurdity, non sequiturs and free association with a stand-up comic’s sense of timing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Speaking to The Times of London, he said that radio pop in 2026 is one long ramble.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

But, more often, he presented it as "a chapter of accidents" and "a diverting and enjoyable ramble through life".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024

And right away, Wes starts to ramble about how it’s not a good idea to date someone from the same club.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Usually when a person rambles, myself included, it’s because they don’t feel comfortable with the person to whom they are talking.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Among their findings: Weekend automobile rambles were replacing church attendance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Hendrickson rambles for too long before redirecting to his client, asking Lynch about some sort of media venture he’s working on.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2024

The sure-why-not plot, modeled on the California water grab in “Chinatown,” is less interesting than the charismatic cast that rambles along with Pine on his excellent adventure.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

It used to go with Bunny and me on long, grueling rambles through the countryside every Sunday, over fences and streams, through bogs and pastures.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Asked about defending Taiwan, she rambled about making sure “we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

After Trump rambled through a short speech, it was Rubio’s time to offer remarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

For once, nobody rambled, nobody went off script, and almost everyone remembered to thank their mum.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Davis was really good at getting Trump to shut up when he rambled.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

As Abby rambled on, Fred drifted off for a snooze with his head cradled in her lap.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

“If someone is rambling we will often interrupt and say what is the goal?” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In 1962, the Saar family moved to a rambling hillside home in Laurel Canyon, then a very rustic part of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It was not possible for me to imagine a solution to the level of fragmentation, pain, and dysfunction I saw,” she writes, leaving readers without much justification for having followed her rambling, idiosyncratic quest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The book also compared the UK to a "rambling stately home" in which the power was only on in some rooms.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

From there, I was taken to Marshall Square, the rambling red-brick Johannesburg prison where I had spent a few nights in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela