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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Spock.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Spock.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Spock.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Spock.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Spock (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "Spock"
}
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