See shoot back on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2009 July/August, Jacob Levenson, “Why John Lennon Matters”, in Columbia Journalism Review, archived from the original on 2017-05-20:",
"text": "My dad shot back that he never understood why The Beatles were considered great artists.",
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"ref": "2011 August 19, “We're number one at cricket, David Cameron tells Obama”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2023-02-03:",
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"ref": "2014 December 8, Lyse Doucet, “The brave women fighting for Afghanistan's future”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:",
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