See Weekend at Bernie's on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018, Robert X. Browning, The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Purdue University Press, →ISBN, page 47:",
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"text": "Jane supported his weight on one side, while Ethan propped up the other, and they practically had to Weekend at Bernie's him down the alley between the ice cream parlor and the praline shop.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2024 February 1, Ashley Winstead, Fool Me Once: A simmering, sizzling second-chance romcom from TikTok sensation Ashley Winstead, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
"text": "To get her home and past the eagle-eyed scrutiny of our mother the morning after, I'd had to Weekend at Bernie's her, waving her arms and nodding her head at questions",
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"ref": "2024 July 30, Amelia Diane Coombs, All Alone with You, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 129:",
"text": "Mostly we talk about Realm of the Ravager or Marianne or the crackpot theory that our principal is being Weekend at Bernie's-d. Obviously it's nonsense. But hilarious nonsense.",
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