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"ref": "2001, \"Rocky Road Rocky Mountain National Park boasts as ear-popping drive full of peak experiences,\" Wichita Eagle (Kansas), 25 Mar., p. 1G",
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"sense": "traffic jam resulting from motorists slowing to look at a motor vehicle collision or other roadside distraction",
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