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"ref": "2019, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, We Cast a Shadow, One World, →ISBN, page 100:",
"text": "He even hated pets—I once saw him punt a cat.",
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"ref": "2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 91:",
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"ref": "2024 May 16, Brett Worthington, “Labor delays bid for extraordinary immigration powers despite claims of urgency”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:",
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"ref": "ca. 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, C. Michael Pilato, “Basic Work Cycle”, in Version Control with Subversion:",
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"ref": "2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows, page 236:",
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"ref": "2003, Michael Newton, The Encyclopedia of High-tech Crime and Crime-fighting, AOL Riot on June 1, 1998, page 21:",
"text": "If you want to join this riot, we urge you to! You wont have to worry about being TOSed or reported because there will be no Guides online! So do whatever you want—punt, scroll, tos, just turn AOL into a war zone!",
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"ref": "2014, John Prados, The Family Jewels: The CIA, Secrecy, and Presidential Power, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 91:",
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