make conversation
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We meet her at this juncture where she’s in a pretty bad conversation with herself.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021
“But it’s done kind of dry and straight, so you could easily just mistake it for a really bad conversation or talk show.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2018
You know, you already had a really bad kind of feeling about Russia and a really bad conversation around Russia at the end of the Obama administration.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2018
There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation, and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Be warned in time, it is but a very little step from laughing at to joining in bad conversation, and a very small step from words to action.
From Boys their Work and Influence by Anonymous
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