See WikiGnome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2015 February 18, Jacob Brogan, “Han Solo Shot First”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-02-19:",
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