uh
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Origin of uh
First recorded in 1595–1605
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"We were very excited and encouraged by our results," said Andrew A. Pieper, MD, PhD, senior author of the study and Director of the Brain Health Medicines Center, Harrington Discovery Institute at UH.
From Science Daily
“Uh, I don’t think anyone in the world knows that Meghan Markle has eaten Jack in the Box and loves it,” Kaling quipped.
From Los Angeles Times
"My first words were, what have you admitted to Theo? And he said, 'uh, I don't know'," said Mr Rose.
From BBC
"It's all about winning and he needs to understand that. If Celtic don't win on Sunday... Uh oh."
From BBC
And so when cancer showed up, I don’t think, uh, he or his family or anybody around him felt that this wasn’t a hurdle that he was going to not overcome, just like he did anything else in his life.
From Los Angeles Times
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