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"ref": "2013, Robert K. DeArment, Gunfighter in Gotham: Bat Masterson's New York City Years, page xxxvi",
"text": "He would rather put a dent in his bankroll than fall down on anything he started.",
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"ref": "2013, Victoria Socolova, Magickum.Prophetic dreams and lucid dreaming",
"text": "Even if we involve the subcontractors in implementation, we will fall down on the job.",
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"ref": "2015, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Committee on Standards, HC 383 - The Standards System in the House of Commons, page 43",
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"ref": "2012, Robert Butler, After the Snow Began to Fall, page 55",
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"ref": "2011, Robert S. Wilson, What Happens in Vegas: An Empire of Blood Short Story",
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"ref": "2012, Alice Peterson, By My Side, page 17",
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"text": "Even if we involve the subcontractors in implementation, we will fall down on the job.",
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{
"ref": "2011, Robert S. Wilson, What Happens in Vegas: An Empire of Blood Short Story",
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},
{
"ref": "2012, Alice Peterson, By My Side, page 17",
"text": "I am still on the training reins and often fall down on the slopes.",
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