See first year in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1993, Linda Mather, chapter 23, in Blood of an Aries, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 193:",
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"ref": "2007, Helen Ryan, A Year in the Life of Rachel, [Drogheda]: Choice Publishing & Book Services Ltd, →ISBN, page 54:",
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