pontificate
noun
the office or term of office of a pontiff.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Surviving the Twenty-First Century went to the printers, Russia has sent troops into Georgia and the global financial system has cracked so badly that some are pontificating about the end of capitalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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