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"ref": "2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post, retrieved 2021-07-22",
"text": "The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.",
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"lang": "Catalan",
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"word": "triella"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "three partners",
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"sense": "three partners",
"word": "(édes) hármas"
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}
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "three partners",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "triella"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "three partners",
"word": "kolmiosuhde"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "three partners",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "three partners",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "three partners",
"word": "(édes) hármas"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "three partners",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "three partners",
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"word": "tryplet"
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"tags": [
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