—used to indicate hesitation
- well, um, I don't know
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Um, see you in theaters, because that has the makings of cinematic genius.
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Gabriel averaged an obscene 11.8 yards per target last season and scored touchdowns on 17.1% of his catches, making him an obvious candidate for regress– …um, for worse numbers than last year.
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Despite, um, everything, maybe American users actually got a little happier this year.
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We’ve written before about Camila Giorgi’s um (to the euphemism-mobile!) idiosyncratic team.
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Um, possible to still get a ticket to the Governor's Ball?
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On Monday, Green made headlines at the first ever NBA Awards by wearing a beautiful teal blue shawl collar tuxedo jacket adorned with a YSL pin and...um...shorts.
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My taste in music and clothes and TV shows rendered me cliché and boring and too cool (um, what???), which meant that one wanted to hang out with me.
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