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No word on whether the toothpaste is equally, um, filling.
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Out came Baldelli to, um, discuss the matter with Lentz, and that led to the ejection.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the live performance team was the...um...liveliest in showing how some of the vibrant shows and Disney character interactions take place across the parks.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
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Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
Nineteen is certainly a lot lower than 42, but, um, 19 over the course of 94 episodes of television is not exactly and insubstantial amount.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Out came Baldelli to, um, discuss the matter with Lentz, and that led to the ejection.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the live performance team was the...um...liveliest in showing how some of the vibrant shows and Disney character interactions take place across the parks.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 23 May. 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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