See nobble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2012 January 11, Gavin Clarke, “Google attacks Twitter's search bias claim”, in The Register:",
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"ref": "2012 September 9, “3D printing: Difference Engine: The PC all over again”, in The Economist:",
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