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"ref": "2020, Sherika Moore, Black Love, Xlibris Corporation",
"text": "Our talks over shots of Patrón is what I will miss most. You can't sit and have intellectual, intelligent conversations with some woman in our generation. They are still lost in the sauce and looking for purpose.",
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"ref": "2021, Tee, Trailblazing, Fulton Books, Inc.",
"text": "As soon as Troy saw Jermel the next day, he went at him. “Dogg, what type of crash [is] dummy on?” “Ain't nobody crashing! You just been lost in the sauce, dogg. I handled what needed ta be handled.”"
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"ref": "2021, Cissy Jones, Finding My Way Back To Me, Bowker",
"text": "Yet still lost in the sauce. I had no clue who I was and how I wanted to be loved. That was the triggering moment when I felt that something had to change. I still did not know who I was and what I wanted.",
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"ref": "2010, Nadejda Reilly, Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, Xlibris Corporation, page 273",
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"ref": "2012, G. Y. Dryansky, Joanne Dryansky, Coquilles, Calva, & Crème: Exploring France's Culinary Heritage: A Love Affair with French Food, Open Road Media",
"text": "The flesh of the lamprey is fragile and can get lost in the sauce if the dish is stirred while cooking, which we'd been warned against in our session. The taste is often described as also “delicate.”",
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"ref": "2018, Marie Armenia, The Audacious Molly Bruno: Amazing Stories from the Life of a Powerful Woman of Prayer, FaithWords",
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