as in oh
how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable
ah—so that's the way it is!
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Recent Examples of ah
At 12:30, three hours before, ah Baby Evan, ‘ah Papa have a callback?
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
But ah, ultimately, this is a country with an army, not an army with a country.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
And what’s more, some protestors have threatened to add their own, ah, contamination by pooping in the river in protest.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 July 2024
Super Hero grossing $38.1 million domestically and $86.5 million globally in 2022, and a year earlier finding ah it with Jujutsu Kaisen, which brought in $34.5 million domestically and $166.7 million globally.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
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Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
But ah, ultimately, this is a country with an army, not an army with a country.
—Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
And what’s more, some protestors have threatened to add their own, ah, contamination by pooping in the river in protest.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 July 2024
Super Hero grossing $38.1 million domestically and $86.5 million globally in 2022, and a year earlier finding ah it with Jujutsu Kaisen, which brought in $34.5 million domestically and $166.7 million globally.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
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And people later reported that summit saying, oh, Trump was threatening to leave NATO.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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The actress and pro partner Brandon made it to the top of the leader board, tying with NFL star Danny Amendola. Flips, lifts, and punches, oh my!Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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But hey, at least the look-alikes got to queen out to Patel’s Slumdog Millionaire dance.Michael Savio, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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Voice 1: Everybody was trying to get people’s attention, like, hey, here comes the wave, and then the first one kind of slapped against the door.Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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With this approach, some jokes land firmly, some flop, some coast on everything else being funny and some start to annoy you because, gee, isn’t anybody ever taking anything seriously?Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
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This critique, people looking at what’s happening in Ukraine and saying, gee, we’ve been told for the last ten years that boycott, divestment and sanctions are a terrible, illiberal idea.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2022
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The collection's insurance policy calls for it, ha!Mark Holgate, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Se ha transformado en una medida de mi progreso y de mi potencial para subir al podio olímpico».por Michael Gervais, Harvard Business Review, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Ah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ah. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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