ahem
Example Sentences
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Joe Jordan, ahem, rises to the role Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
That brings us to our call of the day from Yardeni Research, which has just raised the bar, ahem, on gold’s outlook next year.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Good liars also tend to be intelligent, Wiseman says, citing salespeople, politicians and - ahem - performers among those who will be "pretty high self-monitors".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
That may inform NBC's decision to edit Elon Musk’s hand gesture out of its live feed even though everyone who saw it understood it to mean something, ahem, we couldn't not see.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2025
“Would you, ahem, would you please wait until seven p.m., to allow me to apprise my corporate headquarters of recent developments?”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
