| "Hello, when did you come in?": 2 wds. |
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| "___! I didn't see you there!": 2 wds. |
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| "Didn't expect to see you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2025 |
| "Didn't see ya there!" |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2025 |
| "Gosh, didn't expect to see you here!" |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2025 |
| "Didn't expect to see you here" |
Universal |
03 Apr 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2025 |
| "Wow, you're here too?" |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2025 |
| "Didn't expect to see you here!" |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2025 |
| "Hello, when did you come in?": 2 wds. |
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| Surprised greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Feb 2025 |
| Surprised greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jan 2025 |
| "Didn't see you there" |
Universal |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Hesitant response to "Is that you?" |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2025 |
| "Well, hey there" |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2024 |
| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2024 |
| "Well, hello!" |
Universal |
24 Nov 2024 |
| "Didn't see ya there!" |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2024 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2024 |
| "Well, hey there!" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2024 |
| "Hey, didn't see you there!" |
|
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| "Didn't think you'd be here!" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Sep 2024 |
| "Didn't see you there!" |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Surprised greeting |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2024 |
| "I didn't see you there!" |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2024 |
| "Didn't notice you there!" |
|
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| "You just get here?" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Offhanded hello: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
26 Apr 2024 |
| "Hey there": 2 wds. |
Commuter |
15 Apr 2024 |
| "Well, fancy seeing you here!" |
Universal |
15 Mar 2024 |
| "Hello, when did you come in?": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Hey, didn't see ya there!" |
|
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| "Surprised to see you!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Distracted greeting |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Greeting before "I wasn't expecting to see you here" |
|
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| Surprised salutation |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2023 |
| "Well, hello there" |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2023 |
| "Small world" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2023 |
| "Didn't see ya there!" |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2023 |
| "Well, hey there!" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2023 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2023 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
Universal |
14 Sep 2023 |
| "Crazy to run into you here!" |
Universal |
03 Aug 2023 |
| 'Charge!' |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2023 |
| 'Huh, fancy seeing you here!' |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2023 |
| 'Huh, didn't see you there!' |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| 'Huh, didn't expect to see you here' |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2023 |
| "I didn't expect to see you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
Universal |
14 Mar 2023 |
| 'Huh, didn't expect to run into you here!' |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Surprised greeting |
Universal |
23 Feb 2023 |
| Greeting to an unexpected visitor: 2 wds. |
|
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| "___ there!" (surprised greeting): 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Fancy seeing you here!' |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2023 |
| "Didn't see you there" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Surprised greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Dec 2022 |
| "It's you!" |
Universal |
15 Dec 2022 |
| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
Universal |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Surprised greeting |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Offhand greeting |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2022 |
| 'I wasn't expecting you!' |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Startled greeting |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2022 |
| "Didn't think I'd see you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2022 |
| "Didn't see you there!" |
Universal |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Tepid greeting |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Surprised greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2022 |
| "___! I wasn't expecting you!" (Hello): 2 wds. |
|
|
| 'Fancy meeting you here!' |
The Washington Post |
06 Apr 2022 |
| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Surprised greeting |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2022 |
| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
|
| "Didn't expect to see you!" |
Universal |
14 Feb 2022 |
| 'Well hey there!' |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2022 |
| "___! I didn't see you there!": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Wow, it's you!' |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2022 |
| "Fancy meeting you here" |
Universal |
09 Jan 2022 |
| "I almost didn't see you!": 2 wds. |
|
|
| "Surprised to run into you!" |
Premier Sunday |
12 Dec 2021 |
| Surprised greeting |
Universal |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Surprised greeting |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2021 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
Universal |
25 Nov 2021 |
| "Small world" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Surprised greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Oct 2021 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
Universal |
15 Oct 2021 |
| 'Fancy seeing you here!' |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2021 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Offhand greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2021 |
| 'Surprised to see you here!' |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2021 |
| 'Well, hello! I didn't see you there!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| 'Didn't see you there!' |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2021 |
| "Howdy ... you just get here?" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2021 |
| 'Howdy ... you just get here?' |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Response to a startling greeting |
Universal |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Lead-in to "Didn't see you there!" |
Universal |
31 Jan 2021 |
| "Didn't think we'd both be here!" |
Universal |
05 Jan 2021 |
| 'Didn't see ya there!' |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Surprised greeting |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2020 |
| “Glad you made it” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Greeting when running into someone unexpectedly |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2020 |
| 'Huh, funny running into you!' |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2020 |
| 'Hey, you're here!' |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2020 |
| 'Didn't expect to see you here!' |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2020 |
| "Didn't expect to run into you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Didn't expect to see you here!' |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Greeting to an unexpected visitor: 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Fancy meeting you here!' |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2020 |
| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2020 |
| "What a surprise to see you here": 2 wds. |
|
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| "___! Funny meeting you here!": 2 wds |
|
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| "Surprised to see you here" reaction: 2 wds. |
|
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| "What a surprise to see you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Didn't think I'd run into you here!" |
|
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| 'Didn't think I'd run into you here!' |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2019 |
| "___, I wasn't expecting you." (surprised "hello"): 2 wds. |
|
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| "What a surprise to see you!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Fancy meeting you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Surprised greeting |
The Washington Post |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Surprised greeting |
Universal |
08 Oct 2019 |
| 'Well, howdy' |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2019 |
| "Didn't expect to see you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Small world" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2019 |
| 'Small world' |
The Washington Post |
30 Aug 2019 |
| Tepid greeting |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Startled greeting |
Universal |
20 Aug 2019 |
| "Didn't see you there!" |
The New Yorker |
05 Aug 2019 |
| "What a surprise to see you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "___, I wasn't expecting you." (surprised greeting): 2 wds. |
|
|
| "Well, hello there" |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2019 |
| 'Well, hello there' |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2019 |
| '___ Mark!' (line from 'The Room' in memes) |
Jonesin |
11 Jun 2019 |
| "___! I wasn't expecting you!": 2 wds |
|
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| "___! I wasn't expecting you!": 2 wds |
|
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| "Well, hello there": 2 wds. |
|
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| Greeting showing slight surprise |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| "I'm surprised to see you!": 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised greeting |
|
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| Surprised greeting |
|
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| "Well, hello there" |
|
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| "Small world" |
|
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| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
|
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| "Well, howdy" |
|
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| Tepid greeting |
|
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| Startled greeting |
|
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| "I wasn't expecting you" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2018 |
| 'I wasn't expecting you' |
The Washington Post |
09 Dec 2018 |
| 'Didn't expect to run into you here!' |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2018 |
| "What a surprise to run into you!" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2018 |
| 'What a surprise to run into you!' |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Offhand greeting |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Nov 2018 |
| "Such a nice surprise running into you here": 2 wds. |
|
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| Surprised salutation |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2018 |
| 'I didn't see you there!' |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Surprised greeting: 2 wds. |
|
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| "___! I didn't know you were coming." (surprised greeting): 2 wds. |
|
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| "I didn't expect to see you here.": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Didn't expect to find you here!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 May 2018 |
| ''Didn't expect to see you!'' |
Newsday |
10 May 2018 |
| Surprised salutation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 May 2018 |
| 'What a surprise to see you here!' |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2018 |
| 'What a surprise to see you here!' |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2018 |
| 'Fancy meeting you here!' |
Jonesin |
06 Feb 2018 |
| "Fancy seeing you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "Well, hello there": 2 wds. |
|
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| "I didn't see you there!" |
|
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| "What a surprise to see you here!" |
|
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| Surprised salutation |
|
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| "What a surprise to see you here!" |
|
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| "Didn't expect to run into you here!" |
|
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| "What a surprise to run into you!" |
|
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| "I wasn't expecting you" |
|
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| "___! Funny meeting you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'What a coincidence to run into you!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| 'Fancy seeing you here!' |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2017 |
| "___! I didn't see you there!": 2 wds. |
|
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| "___! Funny meeting you here!": 2 wds. |
|
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| 'Surprising to run into you here' |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2017 |
| 'Didn't see ya there!' |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2017 |
| "___! I wasn't expecting you!" (Hello): 2 wds. |
|
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| Distracted greeting |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2017 |
| "___! Funny meeting you here!": 2 wds |
|
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| "___! I wasn't expecting you!": 2 wds |
|
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| "Fancy seeing you here!" |
|
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| "Didn't expect to see you here!" |
|
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| "Didn't see ya there!" |
|
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| "Surprising to run into you here" |
|
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| Offhand greeting |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2016 |
| "Well, howdy" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Offhand greeting |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2016 |
| 'Um ... fancy meeting you here' |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2016 |
| 'What a surprise to run into you!' |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Aug 2016 |
| 'Didn't think you'd be here' |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2016 |
| 'Fancy meeting you here!' |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2016 |
| "I wasn't expecting you!" |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2016 |
| Offhand greeting |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Offhand greeting |
|
|
| "What a surprise to find you here!" |
|
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| "Didn't see you there" |
|
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| "Didn't think you'd be here" |
|
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| "Fancy meeting you here!" |
|
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| "Um ... fancy meeting you here" |
|
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| "Well, howdy" |
|
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| 'Funny bumping into you here' |
New York Times |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Surprised greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Somewhat surprised greeting |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2015 |
| 'What a surprise to run into you!' |
New York Times |
03 May 2015 |
| Casual greeting |
|
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| "Greetings! Didn't see you there ..." |
|
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| "Funny meeting you here!" |
|
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| Somewhat surprised greeting |
|
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| "What a surprise to run into you!" |
|
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| "Funny bumping into you here" |
|
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| Offhand greeting |
|
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| "Didn't think you'd be here" |
|
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| "I'm surprised to see you!" |
|
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| "Didn't see you there" |
|
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| "Hello, I didn't see you there" |
|
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| "Hello! I didn't see you there!" |
|
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| Distracted greeting |
|
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| Greeting to an unexpected visitor |
|
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| Surprised greeting that sounds like a Southern California resort town |
|
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| "Wasn't expecting to see you here" |
|
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| "I didn't realize you'd be here" |
|
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| "What a surprise to see you!" |
|
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| "I didn't see you there!" |
|
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| "It's you! What a surprise!" |
|
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| Offhanded greeting |
|
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| "I wasn't expecting you!" lead-in |
|
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| "Funny running into you here!" |
|
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| "Funny meeting you here!" |
|
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| "When'd you come in?" |
|
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| "I didn't think you'd be here ..." |
|
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| "I didn't know you were home" |
|
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| "I wasn't expecting you ..." |
|
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| "I wasn't expecting to see you here!" |
|
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| "Didn't see you there" |
|
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| "How long have you been standing there?" |
|
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