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"text": "Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled.",
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"ref": "2008, Editors of TEEN magazine, Teen Uncover the Real You: A Quiz Book, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 2",
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"ref": "2011 Allen Gregory, \"Pilot\" (season 1, episode 1)",
"text": "Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Great, I'll see you back in there. Also, I wouldn't lose my mind if you decided to chew a stick of gum. Thanks for understanding the sitch, Gina, you're a china doll."
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