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A novelist with literally less than a month in a traditional classroom - as he never attended one as a student either - is pontificating on the state of our schools.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2016

The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy is pontificating in a corner by the door.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2011

Wearing sneakers, jeans, and an off-the-rack short-sleeved shirt, O'Leary is pontificating in his office at the company's conspicuously shabby headquarters on the outskirts of Dublin Airport.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 2, 2010