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Interjection
  • Anthropologie: Summer dresses, blouses, and pants (oh my!) are up to 30 percent off for a limited time.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Best Packing Essentials Deals Packing cubes, toiletry kits, and shoe bags—oh my!
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
Interjection
  • Having a tour group led by Hanks inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building right beside the Apollo 11 mission's Saturn V rocket while it was being stacked was a bit of a stretch to say the least, but hey, that's Hollywood.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 June 2025
  • But hey, there’s nothing like a little friendly competition to help raise the bar.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2025
Interjection
  • The rest are from elsewhere in Europe, mainly Germany — an array of mustards and pickled, well, everything.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
  • At worst — well, their antipathy toward John Herbst is well-known.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
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“What.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/what. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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