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Candice Dumas: Freud was, was looking for connections as what, what's going on underneath, what is driving people's behaviors and emotions and, um, difficulties that they get stuck with.
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
What accounts for that kind of compassion in a star athlete whose sport is not known for its, um, empathy?
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The films are centered around The Jigsaw Killer, who creates brilliantly evil traps and scenarios where victims are forced to inflict horrific pain — um, just think about that title — on themselves or poor souls who are also held captive.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
Last year’s ceremony — which also benefitted from an NFL doubleheader lead-in, and was hosted by, um, Jo Koy — drew 9.4 million viewers, which marked a 50 percent surge vs. Jerrod Carmichael in 2023.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
What accounts for that kind of compassion in a star athlete whose sport is not known for its, um, empathy?
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The films are centered around The Jigsaw Killer, who creates brilliantly evil traps and scenarios where victims are forced to inflict horrific pain — um, just think about that title — on themselves or poor souls who are also held captive.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
Last year’s ceremony — which also benefitted from an NFL doubleheader lead-in, and was hosted by, um, Jo Koy — drew 9.4 million viewers, which marked a 50 percent surge vs. Jerrod Carmichael in 2023.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Jan. 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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