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"ref": "1987 August, Thomas Frick, “Rebuilding Central Park”, in Technology Review, Cambridge, Mass.: Association of Alumni and Alumnae of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, →ISSN, →OCLC",
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"word": "مَسْلَك بَرِّيّ"
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"sense": "informally taken path",
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"word": "mianlíne"
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"word": "caminho de desejo"
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"sense": "informally taken path",
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"sense": "informally taken path",
"word": "patika"
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"sense": "informally taken path",
"word": "çığır"
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"word": "keçi yolu"
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"sense": "informally taken path",
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"word": "desire line"
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