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On Monday’s episode of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg pontificated on the matter for an entire segment, reading from Van der Velden’s apology before going in for the takedown.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

I listened where before I might only have pontificated.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

He pontificated, and they filed down that sharpness respectfully.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

They each pontificated about a future pontificate — typically taboo while the current pope is very much alive.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2020

"There's obviously nothing immoral about nuking computers," Scott pontificated.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn