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"ref": "2008, Mike Adams, Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts \"Womyn\" on Campus, Penguin, →ISBN:",
"text": "Even fewer people could believe that the UNCW administration would actually undertake a witch hunt against me, even going so far as to invoke their right to read my personal e-mails because they were on the university's system.",
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"ref": "2012, Hugh Maguire, My First 40 Jobs: A Memoir, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 308:",
"text": "I defended myself vigorously on that complaint as well; also mentioning that Julie Ann Wilks had always disliked me and had been conducting “a witch hunt” against me. As soon as I said the words “witch hunt” Katy interrupted and wouldn't let me continue […]",
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"ref": "2016 May 15, Donald Trump, tweet quoted in 2019, Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming, Hachette Books",
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"word": "การล่าแม่มด"
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