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uh-oh

interjection as in whoops

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The show has been produced with the usual tics of the genre: comments presented in the present tense that could only have been taped later; dramatic music and editing; the “hey ho uh-oh” narrative framing of big, loud host Tom “The Blowfish” Hird, with his braided pirate’s beard, whose website identifies him as a “heavy metal marine biologist.”

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And yet, in any unlikely event that disrupts that environment, the prepared jet-setter can shine using the same techniques that have helped pilots, flight attendants, and other passengers who have experienced the big “Uh-oh!” and survived to tell about it.

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My grandkids tell me, ‘Uh-oh, Pop-pop, they’re coming to get you.’

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"I thought: 'Uh-oh. David’s told me a porky pie here,'" Underwood says.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — As uh-oh moments go, this was about as alarming as it could get for the Mariners in early June.

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