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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
"word": "na horyzoncie"
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"sense": "in the foreseeable future; on the horizon",
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