what'd
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Dressed in a navy blue suit and flanked by stone-faced Secret Service agents, Harris casually approached a cluster of reporters, one of whom asked enthusiastically, “Madam Vice President, what’d you get?”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
When people ask you where you from, what'd you say?
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
“I said: ‘Oh, my gosh, what’d we get ourselves into?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
“Casio, how did we talk about today’s protest, what’d we say?”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2022
“And what’d you expect? I had to make other friends. All you do is hole up making your lame drawings and obsessing about that stupid school with Mom.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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