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bloviates

verb

present tense third-person singular of bloviate

as in declaims

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Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026

Definition of declaims

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Indeed, the Abbé pontificates on pretty much every topic known to man as the pair try in vain to tunnel their way to freedom.

— Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
That’s especially true for one of its two main narrators, Verity, an aging franchise movie star who acts, thinks, and pontificates like an adolescent.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025

Definition of pontificates

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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

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Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest moon with a diameter equal to roughly the width of Arizona, and it's thought to have a massive subsurface ocean that spouts plumes of water out into space.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
One colorful customer spouts a fabulously ripe monologue about how the aliens nearly caught him mid-defecation—a close encounter of the turd kind.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spouts

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Miami fans had plenty to stress about as the UM offense misfired and Florida State responded to potential knockout blows with huge plays.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
But when the final whistle blows, another job is often waiting for them the next morning.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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