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Example Sentences
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At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“But my story is about you, um, kind of being a big braggart.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
But let’s say you’re having date-night with your car, and you want to make it feel, um, pretty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Today: The number claiming Social Security is … um … 70.2 million.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
“No, I don’t need to do that; let’s pick number, um, seven. Yeah, that looks like a great idea.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
