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um

noun as in interjection

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There’s also “Game Changers,” a game show where the game changes every episode that is hosted by Reich; “Make Some Noise,” where players attempt short improv challenges; and “Um, Actually,” a game show where guests prove their knowledge on niche and nerdy topics.

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Her first interviewee stutters, “Uh, heaven, heaven is, uh, um, let me see.”

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“Some of my children were like ‘Um, you don’t cook me breakfast like that every morning,” Missy says.

“How comfortable am I getting? Um, real comfortable, to where I am starting to know their plays and where the screens are and in general, Lakers terms and Lakers basketball,” he said.

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And Mr. Reeves’s, um, sparing approach to expressing emotion befits the play.

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