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"text": "It was this last possibility that sucked the air out of me. It was this that caused me to finally collapse back into the driver's seat of my car and tremble like I'd just come in soaking wet from a cold, hard rain, like I'd just started trying to extract the poison from my system all over again.",
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"ref": "2016, Roberto Duran, I Am Duran: The Autobiography of Roberto Duran",
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