See good-cop/bad-cop on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1981, Ronald Silliman, Tjanting, Figures:",
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"ref": "1984, Fantasy & Science Fiction:",
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"ref": "1989, Loren D. Estleman, Robert J. Randisi, L. J. Washburn, Ed Gorman, The Black Moon, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "1991, Andrea Edwards, Starting Over, Silhouette, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "1992, Sally Falcon, Stolen Kisses, Kismet, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "1996, Joseph Mauro, Al Franken Is a Bucktoothed Moron—And Other Observations: The Right Strikes Back!, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2014, Teresa Lynn Paris McDonnell, The Diet God, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 124:",
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