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"text": "That's a big-ass wrench you've got there.",
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"ref": "2006 October 1, Dennis Lehane, “Refugees” (00:32:06), in The Wire, season 4, episode 4:",
"text": "Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.\nCarcetti: I do this right, they respect it.\nWilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.",
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"ref": "2012, Joss Whedon, The Avengers, Marvel Studios:",
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"ref": "2018, “Work It”, in Working Class Woman, performed by Marie Davidson:",
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"text": "Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.\nCarcetti: I do this right, they respect it.\nWilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.",
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