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"ref": "1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm, page 74:",
"text": "When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, \"Nyah, nyah, nyah!\"",
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"ref": "2009 August 7, George Vecsey, “On Big Day for Bronx, Cheating Is Nonissue”, in New York Times:",
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"Expressing smug triumph."
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