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Recent Examples of bloviate
Director Rian Johnson winkingly hung a 1961 Mark Rothko abstraction upside down, as a nod to Bron’s bloviating ignorance.
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Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2023
Unfortunately, rather than acknowledge reality and help plan not only for what's coming but also for what's already here, some politicians prefer to bloviate while exploiting misfortune for partisan gain.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2017
And will Washington have the resources to hire someone who can actually compete with Oregon, not just bloviate about academic standards?
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
Gentry is not the coach to hold hands, bloviate with stern lectures or meticulously guide a young team through the developmental process.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020
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Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2023
Unfortunately, rather than acknowledge reality and help plan not only for what's coming but also for what's already here, some politicians prefer to bloviate while exploiting misfortune for partisan gain.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2017
And will Washington have the resources to hire someone who can actually compete with Oregon, not just bloviate about academic standards?
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
Gentry is not the coach to hold hands, bloviate with stern lectures or meticulously guide a young team through the developmental process.
—Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviate
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Oliveira films on location, with the actors in costume, declaiming in boldly theatrical tones that seem wrenched whole from the era of the play’s origins.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Ten minutes later, a few dozen people were crowding into 192 Books, on Tenth Avenue, to hear Grau declaim in a dead language.Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Her frugal immigrant parents bring their own food, and Nate’s meddlesome mom harangues her son about his career and her desperation for a grandchild.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Duell’s co-stars shared their thoughts in the Instagram comments, simultaneously congratulating and haranguing him.Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Mangione posted extensively in favor of experimentation with psychedelic drugs on social media and pontificated on trends in tech.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Sign Up Moore is the last person who’s going to pontificate about the significance of his official debut as Michigan’s head coach.Austin Meek, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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At one point, Order member David Lane even phoned into Berg’s show to rant about a Jewish plot to take over the world.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the co-founder of Axios ranting about billionaire Elon Musk and his comments on X about being part of the news media.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Nov. 2024
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Is there a historical context where the struggle has been orated by other groups?J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
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At the age of 3, little Malachi Lukes was orating at his school in the style of President Barack Obama.Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
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Minutes later, after continuing to spout off, he and UConn’s bench earned a Class A technical foul.Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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With social media now firmly cemented as a third place for people to spout off about anything and everything—in particular, pop culture and celebrities—those body-centric conversations have become a year-round practice, on TikTok especially.Ella Cerón, Allure, 6 Dec. 2024
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When Reagan fulminated against the Soviet Union, his aides, fearing nuclear war, challenged him.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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But instead of cheering in paradise, there would be fulminating in Fairfax, Va.Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Muschietti was originally picked in 2023 due to how much James Gunn raved about The Flash, a movie that would go on to be a massive DCEU loser for WB.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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The character frequently raves about Knox, who spent nearly four years in prison after being wrongly convicted for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Bloviate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviate. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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