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"text": "The food is all but finished."
},
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"ref": "1977, George Lucas, Star Wars, 20th Century Fox, spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)",
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"ref": "2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, \"London Is Special, but Not That Special,\" New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013)",
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},
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