See put a crimp in on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2010, Gay Fifer, The River in Egypt, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2012, Bill Finch, Beth Maynor Young, Rhett Johnson, Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2013, Devon Vaughn Archer, Love Is In The Air, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2014, Gail Loreth, Sarah’s Revenge, →ISBN, page 57:",
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