what'd
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I was idling through a no-wake zone near Holden Beach, N.C., on my way to the fueling dock when some joker in a sportfishing boat yelled out, “Hey, man, what’d ya pay for that thing?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Wait, what’d you say?,” the Grammy-nominated musician asks, according to the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
He later told Valentine, "That should've made you feel uncomfortable. Like, whoa, bro, what'd you just say?"
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023
“It’s just like … what’d I do to y’all?” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
“I know that. I know that But what’d he say about me? What’d he say?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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