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Unsurprisingly, the live performance team was the...um...liveliest in showing how some of the vibrant shows and Disney character interactions take place across the parks.
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
The tennis chain is like a staple for me with the white diamond, the black diamonds, um, and then the pinky ring.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Read in English Post Buy Copies Quando um produto realmente resolve o problema do cliente, os usuários rapidamente param de perceber isso.
—Ashok Srivastava, Harvard Business Review, 18 Mar. 2025
The scripts are spiked with sharp showbiz jabs, with inspired riffs on Steve Buscemi’s marketability and the Kool-Aid Man’s, um, genitalia.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
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Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
The tennis chain is like a staple for me with the white diamond, the black diamonds, um, and then the pinky ring.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Read in English Post Buy Copies Quando um produto realmente resolve o problema do cliente, os usuários rapidamente param de perceber isso.
—Ashok Srivastava, Harvard Business Review, 18 Mar. 2025
The scripts are spiked with sharp showbiz jabs, with inspired riffs on Steve Buscemi’s marketability and the Kool-Aid Man’s, um, genitalia.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Um.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/um. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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um
interjectiona prolonged
m 
sound, əm
—used to express hesitation
well, um, I don't know
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