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Following the, um, departure of Gwendoline Christie's Principal Weems, Buscemi's Barry Dort steps in as the school's new principal.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Her face, from chin to forehead, um, had duct tape.
—Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
The impasse was so serious, there was a chance for the entire project to be, um, scrubbed, until the two sides recently came to an agreement.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Her face, from chin to forehead, um, had duct tape.
—Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
The impasse was so serious, there was a chance for the entire project to be, um, scrubbed, until the two sides recently came to an agreement.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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