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The promo push has Sonnenfeld squeezing some of those tales out in real life, including an, um, gassy anecdote about his superstar collaborator Will Smith.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The line changes, um, continue with four in and four out on plays.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
The game mixes the survival genre with guns and a monster-catching system featuring creatures that, um, look a lot like Pokémon.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Of sunshine, rain, pleasant breezes (or, um, floods)?
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The line changes, um, continue with four in and four out on plays.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
The game mixes the survival genre with guns and a monster-catching system featuring creatures that, um, look a lot like Pokémon.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Of sunshine, rain, pleasant breezes (or, um, floods)?
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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