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- noun Plural form of
pontificate .
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Examples
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
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He who pontificates is not he who is serious and a proper apprehension of the world seeks a balance through humour and proportion, not self aggrandising portentous drivel.
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Let’s not forget Dr. Howard Dean, who smugly pontificates from a state with a black population of 0.5%.
Yes, the President of the Valley Swim Club is a John G Duesler, Jr. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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Perhaps it is because he is not doing anything. .once again he pontificates but wants others to do the work so he can blame them when things go South. .he used his fear ploitics for the worthless stimulus package and now he is in trouble for it.
CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent
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Similarly, when the young Obama pontificates about “angry young men,” he places them “in Soweto or Detroit or the Mekong Delta.”
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Poor Prince Charles preaches and pontificates about harmony and simplicity, then ties himself in masochistic bondage knots of inconsistency by spending £100k on a biofuelled train tour to promote cycling.
Hypocrisy of champagne environmentalists is deceitful and distracting | Ed Gillespie
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He has acted as a true leader and manager -- not someone who just pontificates.
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The GOP is the same party that demonizes homosexuals, pontificates on religious/conservative values; and is filled with folks that touch themselves and work on 3rd/4th wife/mistress (e.g. Newt Gingrich)!
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Thus, whenever he addresses a mass meeting in Constitution Square, appears on a TV panel or pontificates from a newspaper, he refers to knowledge that goes over the audience's heads.
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