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"text": "1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading.\nMeeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings."
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"ref": "2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.",
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"sense": "petty quarreling",
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