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Of sunshine, rain, pleasant breezes (or, um, floods)?
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Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
So moving a million dollars from a bank account that invests in carbon intensive industries to a green bank would be the equivalent of, um, taking over a thousand less six hour flights or driving, um, over half a million less miles or eating 5,000 less pounds of beef, um, for perspective.
—Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
There was a few times where, um, some creepy people would just, like, try to follow us or whatever.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 30 July 2024
The additional beauty of it was that, like any, um, trip, there were variables that counted for a lot — and so just how magnificent these visuals felt to you probably depended on where the songs the band chose songs to accompany them fit on the majestic-to-meh scale for you.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
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Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024
So moving a million dollars from a bank account that invests in carbon intensive industries to a green bank would be the equivalent of, um, taking over a thousand less six hour flights or driving, um, over half a million less miles or eating 5,000 less pounds of beef, um, for perspective.
—Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
There was a few times where, um, some creepy people would just, like, try to follow us or whatever.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 30 July 2024
The additional beauty of it was that, like any, um, trip, there were variables that counted for a lot — and so just how magnificent these visuals felt to you probably depended on where the songs the band chose songs to accompany them fit on the majestic-to-meh scale for you.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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