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"ref": "2010, Love Child, We Have Become",
"text": "Don't look low for great thoughts and loftish ideas.",
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"ref": "2012, Yan Mo, Big Breasts and Wide Hips",
"text": "The brigade members watched the train fitfully, the horses' ears pressed back against the mane on their necks. The loutish, vulgar train rushed up onto the bridge, which seemed to stand there loftish and unyielding.",
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"ref": "2011, Pat Gilbert, Passion is a Fashion",
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