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"ref": "2020 June 20, Cindy Shackleford, post on Instagram",
"text": "First day of summer in Alabama is HOT. Dobby [a dog] is ready for some bought air!"
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"ref": "2020, Sasha Summers, Jace",
"text": "\"If Gramma were here, she'd tell you to stop letting all the bought air out,\" Emmy answered. Which was true. Gramma had been a child of the Depression. Waste not, want not. And letting ice-cold \"bought\" air drift outside was a pet peeve of hers."
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"text": "\"You're letting of the bought air out!!\" Teddy said with that dad voice he had. […]"
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