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rambling

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noun

rambling

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verb

present participle of ramble

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Trump, who has faced ridicule from Democrats and other critics for his rambling rallies, accused Micklethwait of jumping back and forth between topics. Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024 The Harris campaign, her allies, and Trump’s enemies have sought to capitalize on the age concerns by incessantly highlighting Trump’s rambling and bizarre tangents in his speeches, factual errors and nonsensical answers to questions from reporters and voters. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 The big picture: Trump took Harris' bait throughout the evening, often making rambling statements or unleashing personal attacks that are unlikely to appeal to moderate voters. Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024 Harris came in trying to rattle and bait Trump, and often succeeded, leading to defensive, angry and rambling responses as the vice president had the upper hand throughout much of the contest. Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 Thursday’s rambling and false claim filled press conference is the first Trump has given since he was convicted on 34 felony counts in his hush money trial. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024 The riff has all the hallmarks of a classic Trumpian yarn — full of fabrication, riddled with illogic, defying the laws of physics and, by turns, rambling and hyperbolic, humorous and head-scratching. Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 That leaves Democrats' takeaways from the press conference muddled as the party continues to spasm over last month's debate, when Biden's rambling answers sparked a tense debate about replacing him on the 2024 ballot. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 11 July 2024 Jason Duhaime, then the director of the university’s Immersive Media Lab, reported to authorities in September 2022 that he was injured by an exploding package sent to campus with a rambling note threatening the media lab. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 1 July 2024

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