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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
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
When I asked him what’d happened, he said he’d tell me the whole story if I’d find him dry clothes and a hot meal and get him to the nearest train station.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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