ahem

Example Sentences

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And, ahem, regular readers of Markets A.M. will recall lots of hand-wringing about tech stocks when prices were lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Another Swiss star, Alexis Monney, will head to the Games as Stelvio's most recent World Cup downhill winner – could he, ahem, cash in on gold ahead of his team-mates?

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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

Being of a certain age, I didn’t think much of it and chalked it up to simply growing, ahem, older.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

“Hmph! Probatio tablet: Percy Jackson, Fifth Cohort, son of Neptune. Fine, go. Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto. Fine. Any foreign currency or, ahem, precious metals to declare?”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan