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187 lines
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{
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"peg":{
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"antonyms":[
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"assort",
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"break down",
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"categorize",
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"class",
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"classify",
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"codify",
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"compartment",
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"compartmentalize",
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"digest",
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"distinguish",
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"distribute",
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"grade",
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"group",
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"place",
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"range",
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"rank",
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"relegate",
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"separate",
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"sort",
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"type"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a pointed prong or claw for catching or tearing":[],
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": a predetermined level at which something (such as a price) is fixed":[],
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": a projecting piece used as a support or boundary marker":[],
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": a small usually cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close holes : pin , plug":[],
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": a step or degree especially in estimation":[],
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": clothespin":[],
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": drink":[
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"poured himself out a stiff peg",
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"\u2014 Dorothy Sayers"
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],
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": one of the movable wooden pegs set in the head of a stringed instrument (such as a violin) that are turned to regulate the pitch of the strings \u2014 see violin illustration":[],
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": something (such as a fact or issue) used as a support, pretext, or reason":[
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"a news peg for the story"
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],
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": something (such as a leg) resembling a peg":[],
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": throw":[],
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": to attach or fix as if with a peg: such as":[],
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": to fix or hold (something, such as prices or wage increases) at a predetermined level or rate":[],
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": to mark by pegs":[],
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": to move along vigorously or hastily : hustle":[],
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": to pin (laundry) on a clothesline":[],
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": to pin down : restrict":[],
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": to place in a definite category : identify":[
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"was pegged as an intellectual"
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],
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": to put a peg into":[],
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": to work steadily and diligently":[
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"\u2014 often used with away"
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],
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": wide at the top and narrow at the bottom":[
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"peg pants"
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],
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"polyethylene glycol":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Her coat hung on a peg by the door.",
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"took the arrogant student down a peg",
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"Verb",
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"Is the tent pegged down all the way",
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"peg the price of wheat at its current level",
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"His bonus is pegged to how many sales he makes each year for the company.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The plan seeks to salvage the network after Luna\u2019s affiliated stablecoin, TerraUSD, lost its 1-to-1 peg the dollar and helped trigger a collapse in digital-asset prices. \u2014 Muyao Shen, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
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"Terraform Labs also created the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a non-profit foundation with the mandate of defending the UST peg . \u2014 Rahul Rai, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"Meanwhile, TerraUSD was sold for stablecoins backed by traditional assets through various liquidity pools that contribute to the stability of the peg , as well as through cryptocurrency exchanges. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
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"When the peg started to fail, the protocol was designed to stabilize the value through the minting of more Luna\u2014only the sustained attack meant it was being suddenly being created at an exponential rate. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
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"Now, most estimates peg that the market will be worth nearly $200 billion by the end of 2022. \u2014 Anil Ganjoo, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in an incident report that the wind began to pick up, causing the parasail to peg . \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
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"Norman, a Cub Scout who liked tying knots and playing mumblety- peg , had just turned 10 when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Perhaps one of this year's most difficult players to peg , Willis is the ultimate Rorschach test for evaluators. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"One was to try to peg it to the U.S. dollar via the Luna mechanism to avoid the volatility experienced by typical cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"No one would necessarily peg the stew of rock, country and soul generated by The Doobie Brothers to mesh with the flashy glam rock pioneered by Marc Bolan and T. Rex. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
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"Now, industry sources peg him as a likely Day 2 selection who might not contribute in 2022. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Stablecoins typically peg themselves to the dollar and hold a reserve of actual dollars in a bank deposit to redeem the coins. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
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"Macron has already pledged to extend existing caps on energy prices, and to peg pensions to inflation, among other measures. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"As inflation has surged recently, Mr. Macron has also authorized billions of euros in subsidies for energy bills and at the gas pump and has promised to peg pension payments to inflation starting this summer. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The 2021-22 season that was filled with so much promise had no fewer than five different Vegas oddsmakers peg the Nets as a championship favorite. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Estimates from those groups peg the overall numbers at near 6,500 people. \u2014 al , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The toymaker father of young Olivia is dramatically kidnapped by a peg -legged bat. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Sep. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1543, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1681, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English pegge , probably from Middle Dutch":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8peg"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chapter",
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"cut",
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"degree",
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"grade",
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"inch",
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"notch",
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"phase",
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"place",
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"point",
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"stage",
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"step"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105712",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"peg (away)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to work hard":[
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"\u2014 usually + at He sat there pegging away at his homework."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171427",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"peg out":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breathe",
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"live"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": die":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"check out",
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"conk (out)",
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"croak",
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"decease",
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"demise",
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"depart",
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"die",
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"drop",
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"end",
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"exit",
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"expire",
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"fall",
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"flatline",
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"go",
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"kick in",
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"kick off",
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"part",
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"pass (on)",
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"pass away",
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"perish",
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"pop off",
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"step out",
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"succumb"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024445",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |