as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
the freely digressional routines that many stand-up comedians employ
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In the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey called 911 to report her 6-year-old daughter JonBenét missing, and found a rambling ransom note left inside their Boulder, Colorado, home.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2024 -
His statement came a day after the release of the Netflix series, which takes viewers back to the morning after Christmas 28 years ago, when JonBenét’s mother called 911 to report finding a rambling ransom note and her daughter missing.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC News,
3 Dec. 2024
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But much as the food is worth is worth your focus, so is the bar, set in a separate building out back that’s surrounded by a wandering Southern garden.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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In these instances, music can act as a life jacket by helping wandering minds remain relatively present without getting pulled away by the undercurrent.—
Adam Husler,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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This only trailed 2023's record-setting number of events by one, and the disasters in 2024 caused at least 568 direct or indirect fatalities, and cost a total of approximately $182.7 billion, per the site.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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And although Trump’s latest duties do not target the EU directly, officials in the bloc are aware of their indirect consequences.—
Silvia Amaro,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Digressional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressional. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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