See distend on Wiktionary
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-distend.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-DenisdeShawi-distend.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "distend"
}
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