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"text": "\"The criminal cases against Thanathorn show the military government's contempt for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful dissent. It's a glaring example of how draconian laws are pulled out of thin air and arbitrarily enforced to punish the prominent opposition leader,\" he said.",
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"word": "pull out of one's ass"
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"word": "hammerspace"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "無中生有"
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"roman": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu",
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"word": "ud af den blå luft"
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"word": "tyhjästä"
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"word": "aus dem Nichts"
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"word": "fuori dal cilindro"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "z sufitu"
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"word": "из воздуха"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "無中生有"
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"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "wúzhōng-shēngyǒu",
"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "无中生有"
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"word": "ud af den blå luft"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "tyhjästä"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "de nulle part"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "aus dem Nichts"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "fuori dal cilindro"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "dal nulla"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "z sufitu"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "do nada"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
"word": "из воздуха"
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"sense": "from non-existent resource",
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