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"ref": "2014 June 17, Tribune Newspapers, “Cruising Down Under”, in Chicago Tribune:",
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"ref": "2022 February 6, Mari Saito, Winni Zhou, “Snowboarding-Proud Kiwi Sadowski-Synnott bags New Zealand's first Winter Games gold”, in Jacqueline Wong, Clare Fallon, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-05-30:",
"text": "Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.\nAsked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a \"proud Kiwi\".",
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"(informal) A New Zealander."
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"text": "Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.\nAsked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a \"proud Kiwi\".",
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