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“He doesn’t know he was in a movie,” said Leonberg, clasping a happily wriggling Indy, who doesn’t register me on the other end of the Zoom interview.

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When Minguela arrived home after 10 p.m., he clasped his face in surprise as he was greeted by more than a hundred red, gold and black balloons.

He sank into his seat, shoulders folding inward as he clasped his hands — emotion creeping in as the cheers grew louder.

Other than acknowledging when the judge asked questions, Diaz kept his hands clasped in his lap.

As he stood in the wings, fans started chanting "Oh, Ian McKellen" to the tune of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army, at which the actor clasped his hands to his face in shock.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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