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"ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil",
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"ref": "1997, Le Courrier de la nature, numbers 161-174, page 149",
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"ref": "2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil",
"text": "Ça a pas été trop dur, parce que je suis une bonne reproductrice, je suis quand même tombée enceinte alors que j’avais un stérilet, et j’ai des jumeaux (mes petits frère et sœur), alors bon, et, ça reste entre nous, mais ton père il a un sacre engin.",
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"text": "A noter que la caouanne, Caretta caretta, semble effectivement ne plus pondre en Corse, l’espèce n’a pas complètement disparu des côtes de France où, chaque année, quelques individus sont capturés involuntairement par des engins de pêche.",
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