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"word": "ołów"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "bullets", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "chumbo"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "svinec", "sense": "bullets", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "свинец"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "bullets", "tags": ["masculine"], "word": "balas"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "bullets", "tags": ["neuter"], "word": "bly"}, {"code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "bullets", "word": "bala"}], "word": "lead"}

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