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On the primary reason for the stop — officers can pick from 10 different options, including traffic violations, reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, probable cause, etc. — the most common were (drumroll please) traffic and equipment violations.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 20 Feb. 2026
And, drumroll here: Katharine Burr Blodgett was an amateur actress.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2026
The best city overall to go on a Christmas tour is—drumroll, please—London.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2025
Other solid performances in film included the Danish drama Mango, which topped the non-English list with 10.8M views, and…drumroll…KPop Demon Hunters in third place on the English film list with 11.6M views.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 20 Feb. 2026
And, drumroll here: Katharine Burr Blodgett was an amateur actress.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2026
The best city overall to go on a Christmas tour is—drumroll, please—London.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2025
Other solid performances in film included the Danish drama Mango, which topped the non-English list with 10.8M views, and…drumroll…KPop Demon Hunters in third place on the English film list with 11.6M views.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Drumroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumroll. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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