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"ref": "1970, “Child in Time”, in Deep Purple in Rock, performed by Deep Purple",
"text": "And you've not been hit / By flying lead / You'd better close your eyes / Bow your head / Wait for the ricochet",
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"sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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"sense": "an instance of ricocheting",
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"ref": "2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 2018-06-24",
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"ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian",
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"word": "fleyta kerlingar"
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