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"ref": "2008 January 21, Kathy Kiely, “Clinton, Obama step up attacks at South Carolina debate”, in USA Today, retrieved 2009-01-06",
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"ref": "2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan",
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"text": "2015, Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015.\nHe and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night."
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"(transitive, slang, of two people) To double penetrate someone."
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