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I felt sheepish when my partner caught me sneaking a cookie shortly after I had encouraged him to forgo dessert so we could “be healthy together.”

As “Alien: Earth” skitters toward its season finale, it’s clear that this being intends to do worse than its sheepish gaze lets on.

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Neither Tongue, nor India's batters, seemed to know what was coming next, as the sheepish giggle after Jadeja's wicket suggested.

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To his sheepish embarrassment, the coach indeed forgot him and had to be reintroduced.

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Being able to use the food club is "pretty essential", he says, but admits that at first he felt "sheepish" about using it.

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