enigmatic puzzle - The strange phrases - Clue Thirty

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Aha! You think, and type in the answer. Ding! The pad beeps, and opens a previously-hidden drawer. Inside is what appears to be a... bunch of strange sentences, each written on a separate strip of paper, numbered one to five:

¹Yes - that is correct. Yes - I will, and that is final.

²No - it was not her - I beg you - no!

³After that, he decided that he would take a vacation - a long vacation. At a beach somewhere - perhaps Florida.

⁴The man dashed through the crowd, dashing around poles, dodging people - but he could not find him!

⁵What? Of course. Why not - I take offense that you think that I wouldn't!

Entirely puzzled, you sit down in the swivel chair and stare at the papers...

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Answer

This is

Clear Morse code.

How did I get it? And What did I get?

The first line gets us -.-.
The 2nd line gets us ---
The 3rd line gets us -.-.
The 4th is a tad tricky. The words "dashed" signify using dash. Hence, we get ---

The fifth gets us .-
Finally,We have -.-. --- -.-. --- .-

This gives

COCOA. Which is indeed the final answer as confirmed by the OP.