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But surveying the coverage, I can’t help but notice that their hearts just aren’t in it these days, and that your grandpa’s favorite talking heads would rather discuss, um, another hot topic.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yeah, um, this has actually been a thing since Tom Selleck parked the Ferrari, Roger Moore stepped down from MI6, and Burt Reynolds ditched his Cannonball Run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“That was, um, very nice,” she told me after, still a little lost for words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Sounds fun. By the way, thanks for showing me the Hideout. And, um, for letting me into your friend group. I was really nervous my first day at the bus stop.”
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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