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bloviate

[bloh-vee-ayt] / ˈbloʊ viˌeɪt /






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These days, the role of the “paid contributor” — a commentator on contract, to bloviate on demand — is fully baked into the TV news ecosystem.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

Now, the “Peanut Gallery” will grouse and bloviate that all of this is the district’s fault; that it has a spending problem.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

This was one of those occasions when men, especially those of us in the media accustomed to our own freedom to bloviate, were best served trying to listen and learn.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2018

Example: It’s tough to watch them bloviate about sweeping change when our internal processes are still such a mess.

From Time ● Jul. 27, 2015

Now we have to sit around all summer and listen to LeBron James bloviate about the inevitability of his wonderfulness.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2012

While Trump bloviated about tariffs, the Hispanic Republican Club chair nibbled on dessert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

"I wear with pride his drunken, bloviated scorn. Please don’t cry," the lawmaker joked, referencing Boehner's reputation for appearing publicly emotional at various points throughout his career.

From Fox News ● Apr. 12, 2021

What, besides the bloviated tweets that will accompany even the most modest ratings victory?

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2017

“The majority of men do it, and all would be mortified if others heard their bloviated stories.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2016

The notion of a younger generation calling out hypocrisy by actually taking the actions an older generation only bloviated about holds some appeal, but the play is more interested in validating several wearying middle-age fantasies.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2016

Phenomenal amounts of self-righteous bloviating about enlightened or benighted child-feeding have gone on for centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

So, Wednesday was just another day of well-practiced bloviating.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2024

Yes, Frumkin accomplishes this by holding an unflattering mirror to bloviating billionaires, scam start-ups and the wellness industrial complex, but he also does it by digging into our confidence in our own morality.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023

His passion when bloviating was furious and terrible to look upon; but there was nothing to it more than sound and pretense.

From The Vigilance Committee of 1856 by James O'Meara


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