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Com a voz poderosa e inconfundível de Chris Cornell, a banda criou um som pesado e melódico que influenciou gerações.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Grab your broomsticks, um, paddles, witches!
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
No vídeo, um registro feito quinta-feira (16), em Taquara (RS).
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Grab your broomsticks, um, paddles, witches!
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
No vídeo, um registro feito quinta-feira (16), em Taquara (RS).
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 19 Nov. 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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