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"ref": "1835, James Fenimore Cooper, The Monikins, Introduction",
"text": "I always told Sir John to steer clear of too much journalizing.",
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"ref": "1880, Mark Twain, chapter 4, in A Tramp Abroad",
"text": "Foreign youth steer clear of the gymnasium; its rules are too severe.",
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"ref": "1914, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 10, in Dave Porter in the Gold Fields",
"text": "\"You steer clear of that rascally teacher and young Merwell,\" advised Dave's father. \"They are a bad lot.\"\n\"I'll steer clear if I can,\" answered Dave.",
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"ref": "1964 January 28, Bosley Crowther, “Movie Review: The Seventh Juror (1962)”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-15",
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