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"ref": "1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China",
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"ref": "2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-01-28",
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"sense": "to have the greatest influence (over someone or something) — see also dominate",
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"word": "преобладать"
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"sense": "to have the greatest influence (over someone or something) — see also dominate",
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"sense": "to have the greatest influence (over someone or something) — see also dominate",
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