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"ref": "1999, Kurt Vonnegut, Galapagos, page 16:",
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"ref": "2002, Peter Carnahan, Pharnabazus Sits on the Ground with the Spartan Captains, page 77:",
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"ref": "2015, Elliott H. Lieb, Studies in Mathematical Physics, page 3:",
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"ref": "2019, Margaret Atwood, The Testaments, →ISBN, page 345:",
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