ahem
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Joe Jordan, ahem, rises to the role Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
That brings us to our call of the day from Yardeni Research, which has just raised the bar, ahem, on gold’s outlook next year.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Good liars also tend to be intelligent, Wiseman says, citing salespeople, politicians and - ahem - performers among those who will be "pretty high self-monitors".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Being of a certain age, I didn’t think much of it and chalked it up to simply growing, ahem, older.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
“Hmph! Probatio tablet: Percy Jackson, Fifth Cohort, son of Neptune. Fine, go. Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. Fine. Any foreign currency or, ahem, precious metals to declare?”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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