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“Oh, um, I don’t do scary,” she says when he offers a line from “Frankenstein, “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Do you really believe the Lakers want him back when they will have the cap space to trade for a player like, um, Antetokounmpo?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
She’s even practiced her script: “Can I please have a large cheese pizza with, um, a lemonade and brownies?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
"Um, it's hard to explain. Um, um, uh, a world tour. I'm Justin Timberlake," the star says.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
“Oh, um, Susanna is allergic to cats,” Mom said.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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