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"etymology_text": "The sense \"something that one frequently thinks about\" is a reference to the \"How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire?\" meme, popularized on Instagram and TikTok around September 2023.",
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"The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf."
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"encompass",
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"Britain",
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[
"Germany",
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[
"Spain",
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"North Africa",
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"(historical) The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf."
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Romeinse Ryk"
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{
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"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Perandoria Romake"
},
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"alt": "al-ʔimbirāṭūriyya(t) ar-rūmāniyya",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "اَلْإِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة الرُّومَانِيَّة"
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"roman": "Hṙomeakan Kaysrutʻyun",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Հռոմեական Կայսրություն"
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"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Roma İmperiyası"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "Rýmskaja impjéryja",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ры́мская імпе́рыя"
},
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "rōman śamrajjo",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "রোমান সাম্রাজ্য"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "Rímska impérija",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Ри́мска импе́рия"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "羅馬帝國"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Luómǎ dìguó",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "罗马帝国"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "římská říše"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "definite form",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Romerriget"
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"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Romeinse Rijk"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"word": "Romia Imperio"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Rooma riik"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Rómverjaríkið"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Rooman valtakunta"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Rooman imperiumi"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"word": "Empire romain"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Imperio Romano"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "romis imṗeria",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "რომის იმპერია"
},
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Römisches Reich"
},
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Römerreich"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Vasileía Romaíon",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων"
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"roman": "Romaïkí Aftokratoría",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "Rhōmanía",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ῥωμανία"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ha'impérya harómit",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "האימפריה הרומית"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "roman sāmrājya",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "रोमन साम्राज्य"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Római Birodalom"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Római Császárság"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rómaveldi"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"note": "definite form",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Rómverska heimsveldið"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Kekaisaran Romawi"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Impireacht na Róimhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Impero romano"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Rōma teikoku",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "ローマ帝国"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "Rim imperiäsy",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Рим империясы"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ko",
"english": "Roma jeguk",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "로마 제국"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chak ka phop rō man",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "ຈັກກະພົບໂຣມັນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Imperium Rōmānum"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Romas impērija"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Romos imperija"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Röömsch Riek"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Réimescht Räich"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Rimsko carstvo",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Римско царство"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
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"roman": "Rimska imperija",
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Empayar Rom"
},
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "roman sāmrājya",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "रोमन साम्राज्य"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
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"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "Romyn ezent güren",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Ромын эзэнт гүрэн"
},
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"note": "definite form",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Romerriket"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"note": "definite form",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Romarriket"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rōmāna rīċe"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "emperâturi-ye rum",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "امپراتوری روم"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Cesarstwo Rzymskie"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Imperium Rzymskie"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Império Romano"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"word": "Imperiul Roman"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Rímskaja impérija",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ри́мская импе́рия"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "romakaviṣaya",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "रोमकविषय"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
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"word": "Римско царство"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rimsko carstvo"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Rímske cisárstvo"
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"_dis1": "32 68",
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"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
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"word": "Rimski imperij"
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{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Imperio romano"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "definite form",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Romerska riket"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Imperyong Romano"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jàk-grà-wàt rohman",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "จักรวรรดิโรมัน"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Roma İmparatorluğu"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Rim imperiýasy"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Rýmsʹka impérija",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ри́мська імпе́рія"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Đế quốc La Mã"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Romeinske Ryk"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "roymishe imperye",
"sense": "ancient Latin empire",
"word": "רוימישע אימפּעריע"
}
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}
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"tags": [
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/",
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"etymology_text": "The sense \"something that one frequently thinks about\" is a reference to the \"How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire?\" meme, popularized on Instagram and TikTok around September 2023.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"ref": "2023 September 18, @fleabagreact, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-22",
"text": "the dinner party episode from fleabag is my roman empire",
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"ref": "2023 December 5, @GenevaWren38, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-01-22",
"text": "I have a rotating set of Roman empires, currently it seems to be Foolish & Philza as a duo cause the amount of feral energy that floods me every time I see something regarding them....I adore them",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 December 17, u/HiLittleDarling, “Let's Discuss, Hollywood Siblings”, in Reddit, r/popculturechat, archived from the original on 2024-01-22",
"text": "Wondering why they are feuding can be an occasional Roman Empire for me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about."
],
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"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"unexpected",
"unexpected#Adjective"
],
[
"random",
"random#Adjective"
],
[
"topic",
"topic#Noun"
]
],
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"(Internet slang) An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about."
],
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"en:think"
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"US"
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"Know Your Meme",
"Roman Empire"
],
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}
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