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"ref": "2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, page 137:",
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"ref": "2009 March 19, Lawrence Downes, “Notes From the Immigration Battlefield”, in New York Times:",
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"ref": "2025 January 4, “Surfing community again in mourning after latest shark attack on SA coast”, in ABC News (Australia):",
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"(informal) Indicating possible presence of sharks."
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