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"ref": "1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England",
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"ref": "2012, David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation. Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC–AD 1300, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, page 10",
"text": "To the west, the country descends more gradually to the extensive plains of the Nile Valley but is riven by the rugged valleys of the Takezze and other Nile tributaries.",
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"ref": "2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 34",
"text": "The company was riven by strikes. Years later, the dispute with the RMT union over driver operation of train doors has still not formally been resolved.",
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"ref": "2023 September 12, Patrick Wintour, “‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Oil-rich Libya has been riven by political infighting, corruption and external interference since a 2011 uprising that toppled and later led to the death of the longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.",
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"ref": "1821, William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare",
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