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🌶️ Hot takes on football & NFL 🎧 @TeamMatchbook NFL show regular 📝 Words: @Covers , @ActionNetworkHQ & @paddypower ✍️ Freelancer for hire

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2 years
I challenge you to watch Nike's World Cup advert and not smile. It won't happen.
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That last red is something I wouldn't even attempt if I was playing pool on my phone.
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2 years
Ever wondered what The Independent predicted to be the England starting XI for the first game of the 2022 World Cup?
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2 years
No club is getting a better trio of shirts than this.
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🚨 Shirt Alert 🚨 Vasco da Gama have released their three brand new Kappa shirts! 🇧🇷
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2 years
Stop 👏🏻 televising 👏🏻 FA 👏🏻 Cup 👏🏻 games 👏🏻 between 👏🏻 Premier 👏🏻 League 👏🏻 teams
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4 years
You: Who are your 3 British sporting heroes? Me:
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Jonny Bairstow carrying off a Just Stop Oil protestor like he’s putting the ironing board away. #Ashes2023
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3 years
Credit to Gary Lineker, Alex Scott and the rest of the studio, that must have been incredibly hard to be on air and they were measured and well spoken.
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1 year
This Bulgarian bookie has got a very unusual 'megaboost' for the CSKA Sofia vs Levski Sofia derby on Monday 😬
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7 years
it's spreading...
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Hertha BSC (EN)
7 years
Hertha BSC stands for tolerance and responsibility! For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore! #TakeAKnee #hahohe
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4 years
Dear @premierleague clubs, Please do not sign Todd Cantwell. Yours sincerely, Everyone
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2 years
Crystal Palace have the best home fans in the Premier League and it isn’t even close. The atmosphere for a nothing midweek game was incredible. What a club.
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2 years
Djokovic is just inevitable. When it’s all said and done people will look back on him more fondly than they do now.
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2 years
Marcelo Bielsa sacking seems too soon. Results awful and relegation zone getting closer but with Bamford and Phillips nearly back and given his connection with the supporters, why not wait? He seemed to just *get* the club. Or am I wrong Leeds fans?
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2 years
Numerous fights kicking off between England fans behind the home goal in the second half. Same in the concourse at halftime. Saw a father leaving on 85 mins with a kid in tears. Not sure why but this is the worst atmosphere I’ve ever seen at Wembley.
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1 year
Forget the Wrexham Hollywood stardust, forget Ipswich being the ‘best team in League One’ despite being 3 points behind, forget oil barons Man City winning another Prem title, the real story in English football is LITTLE OLD ARGYLE romping the league on a shoestring budget.
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4 years
@EssexPR @Independent Quite an impressive job you’ve done on missing the point. Congrats 🥳
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4 years
@SkySportsNews Sad indictment on writers who've picked a narrative over actual performance from KDB.
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3 years
PES 6 Adriano is the greatest video game character ever. Change my mind.
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3 years
If you doubted Scotty Miller’s speed!
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@GBNEWS HOW CAN I MAKE IT ALL ABOUT ME 😭
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1 year
Prediction: The Super League will rear it's head again in the next 12 months with four Saudi Arabian teams in there too.
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Ben Jacobs
1 year
Juventus confirm they have written to Barcelona and Real Madrid to initiate discussions about a “potential exit” from the European Super League. LaLiga president Javier Tebas has responded with, “Let the last one close the door and turn off the light…”
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2 years
@Carra23 @ManCity @LFC The quality of Man City v Liverpool is second to none and they're the two best teams on the planet right now but you can't seriously believe that the rivalry itself is as exciting to a neutral as Man Utd v Arsenal with all the hatred and intensity that those years had.
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1 year
The “Why aren’t the Arctic Monkeys like they used to be?” starter pack #glastonbury2023
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This is made 100 times better by the omission of Gelsenkirchen
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🎶 We’ve been to Dortmund, Düsseldorf. Frankfurt and Cologne. We’re on our way to Berlin and Football’s coming home #EURO2024
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3 years
Not sure how it's happened but I've totally changed my opinion of Novak Djokovic over the last couple of months. He seems like a genuinely great person.
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Novak Djokovic cross-training with the Belgian gymnastics team, naturally. #Olympics
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Twitter checkmarks have been gone for five minutes and I'm already not sure if this is a legit post or a phishing scam.
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@alanshearer A man of integrity 👏🏻
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2 years
The jubilant celebrations of the Ghanaian fans leaving the Al Janoub, despite being eliminated from the World Cup themselves, is something that can only exist through the prism of football.
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3 years
Give Hull a wildcard to the Champions League
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Hull City and Umbro have quietly released the shirt of the decade.
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Jude Bellingham is a phenomenal talent but the fact he’s played the bulk of his career abroad and has no club loyalties to deal with, combined with his golden boy status, has made him totally exempt from criticism. 30 mins into this game he’s had a tantrum, kicking the ground
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3 years
I know it won't happen but imagine a well-rested and healed Andrew Luck returning to the Colts and playing behind that offensive line.
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3 years
@DanielSturridge Novak Djokovic could be a dark horse for Wimbledon too. Look out for him.
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10 months
Norwich fans the best I’ve seen at Home Park in a long, long time. Getting absolutely hammered and still singing the place down. Really impressive. #ncfc #pafc
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9 years
I have a feeling that this season the Partick Thistle mascot will be the gift that keeps on giving. http://t.co/fimZUYsdQB
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3 years
That’s what happens when you’re more interested in an exciting ending for your Netflix show than keeping the integrity of your sport.
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Denzel Dumfries playing like a man set for a big money Premier League move and subsequent 2023 transfer to Fenerbahce.
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Sky News
1 year
Every phone in the UK will get an emergency alert next week - and this is what it's going to say
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2 years
@LeeThomasMason It’s strange how there’s been such a movement to bring Tomori in over the past 12 months but not really for Smalling.
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2 years
The answer is zero btw.
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4 years
@EssexPR @Independent It's not clickbait to question why our government are hiring people with hideously racist views. Have a day off.
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4 years
Plymouth is the greatest city on earth
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@Gilology I hate how invested I am in this drama
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Visits @classicshirts once.
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2 years
With the news of the Erling Haaland signing I want to know how many goals YOU would score up front for Man City in a season? - You start every game of the season including cups & don’t get subbed - Their cup progression relies on them playing with 10 men & you - No pens or FKs
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Best England team in a lifetime and people are kicking off with each other. So tragically embarrassing and reinforcing every stereotype that the vast majority have worked hard to disprove.
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2 years
Big cheers to everyone in for long haul on the NFL tonight
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4 years
@WeRTottenhamTV That little chuckle at the end when he realised that there’s video evidence of him, a grown man, who has spent a Friday afternoon stood outside an entrance, singing songs for likes. Wow.
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6 years
Just heard a caller on @andygoldstein05 ’s TalkSport show suggest Fulham should be loaning out their manager so he regains his confidence. I don’t think I’ll be able to think about anything else tomorrow.
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1 year
That is absolute filth
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TV 2 Sport
1 year
Pellegrino🔥 @Glimt
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I’m a huge fan of the Nations League but given the calendar and the performances it’s clear they should have sacked it off off this cycle and had it return after the World Cup.
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8 years
Absolutely huge queue out Kanye West's pop-up store in Paris today.
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4 years
Biden’s on fire
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Dan Rather
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Donald Trump is terrified.
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2 years
Joe Burrow deserves his share of the praise but come on, that was a team effort, lets talk about the Bengals defense, they were the decisive factor in the second half.
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2 years
Big cheers to all the UK based NFL fans planning on going strong all the way through to the end of SNF.
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@JeffStelling @mattletiss7 The Alloa Town Hall crowd giving you a standing ovation at the end of the show.
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3 years
Say it every year but @Jeff_Reinebold is such a great addition to the Sky Sports coverage. You can really see the coach coming through when he breaks down film.
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3 years
And you thought the biggest mess that Barca could make was their finances. (Via @totalBarca )
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2 years
@ellis_platten Facially no, but the picture on the right has big 'just got back the authentication results and it's not good' energy.
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2 years
There are people you’ll talk to tomorrow who deprived themselves of that incredible game because they haven’t gotten into the sport, or don’t want to. Such a shame.
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@DannyJamieson Yeah it’s not awful really. It felt like Jones & Smalling would be a long term duo, Wilshere would be there if he d didn’t break down and Zaha in the squad too if he’d not changed allegiance.
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@stormzy live look at @WileyUK rn
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Christmas Day US Sport on UK TV 🏀 5pm Bucks @ Knicks (TNT) 🏈 6pm Raiders @ Chiefs (Sky) 🏀 7:30pm Warriors @ Nuggets (TNT) 🏈 9:30pm Giants @ Eagles (Sky) 🏀 10pm Celtics @ Lakers (TNT) 🏀 1am 76ers @ Heat (TNT) 🏈 1:15am Ravens @ 49ers (Sky) 🏀 3:30am Mavericks @ Suns (TNT)
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2 years
A lot of England trouble is, in my view, overblown and not the regular match goer but today has been an absolute embarrassment. Change needs to be made immediately.
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HELP: I need to pick an @NHL team to follow. Which team deserves my support for life? It's your call, vote below and I'll have a new team just before the first puck drop of the new season. The shortlist is @NHLBlackhawks , @penguins , @SanJoseSharks and @NYIslanders .
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1 year
Probably nothing but it does make you wonder about the World Cup doesn’t it.
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Football Away Days
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Wonder what Ben White said to Foden? 😲
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2 years
I’ve laughed at some of the sensationalism about drugs in particular at football, and it is overblown, but today has shocked me. Bar staff shouldn’t serve drunks, sniffer dogs need to be outside and the stewards need to toss people out who are trouble rather than warn them.
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3 years
Bit early to be cutting onions but wow
@talkSPORT
talkSPORT
3 years
🐝 “My husband was a lifetime support of Brentford but died during COVID…so I decided I would try to become a fan!” ❤️ “Yesterday was my first football match ever! My darling Peter was there with me.” Christine the Brentford fan tells an emotional story of how she became a fan
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…and that’s the real quiz #itscominghome #sweetcaroline #usopen
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@piersmorgan You can pipe down. You were questioning her mettle two months ago and she’s shown you up.
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3 years
For all the demonization of football fans I've never seen anything like this in a British stadium.
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2 years
@mydear319 @Klimek91 @naihcalappa @hantacorona6969 @IAPonomarenko The disclaimer is the blurred image telling you there's something sensitive underneath. He's reporting from a war zone, not a village fete.
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@mattletiss7 Aside the from the tragic real life consequences of this virus, the worst part of lockdown has been realising your childhood hero is a dangerous whack job. Sad.
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3 years
Juan Mata should be rolling back the years and enjoying a heartwarming renaissance at a small La Liga side instead of being on the bench at Man Utd.
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3 years
I’m sure Klopp will take this defeat with good grace 🙃
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7 months
Can’t believe it’s the final day of the regular season already. The NFL comes and goes far too quick.
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6 months
British NFL fans when the alarm went this morning. Here's to a heavenly caffeinated day, let's all try to make it through ☕️
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6 years
This is how a referee hears a VAR call
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2 years
Some of the performances out there today, wow. Kyle Walker eliminating the threat of Mbappe, Jude Bellingham bossing it and then best of all, Declan Rice. An absolutely incredible display.
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2 years
@piersmorgan I'm in agreement with you but where do you stand on another person mentioned in that document?
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1 year
Make this an Olympic sport right now!
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4 years
Are PSG the most dislikable team in all of sport?
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2 years
No ifs or buts. He HAS to be in the next England squad.
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CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️
2 years
Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori. ❤️
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@Peter_Bukowski With respect, listing Derrick Henry as somebody who could make it as a pro-soccer player, shows your misunderstanding of the sport.
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@Carra23 An incredible side much like the great cyclists who changed the sport. Such as: Lance Armstrong
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5 months
To the UK NFL fans... One last shoutout to everyone who had a long night and has an even longer morning ahead of them. You can make it through ☕️
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Started when West Ham fans stormed the floor seats. #Copperbox #Boxing #BoxNation
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@BBCSport Congrats you’ve made everyone feel sorry for Ed Woodward 👏🏻
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2 years
For Japan to top a group with Spain and Germany, while also losing to Costa Rica, is the most bonkers World Cup group stage shock of my lifetime.
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3 years
This isn't just one of the great British sporting nights, it's one of the best sporting achievements ever. The faultless journey to the final, the performance, the unflappable mentality. Pure greatness from Emma Raducanu. #USOpen
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6 years
Time to do a thread on The Wright Stuff's best prank callers.
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3 years
I've narrowed it down to Angels, A's, Phillies or Brewers. Speak now or forever hold your peace.
@MLBEurope
MLB Europe
3 years
Everyone, meet @FarleyWrites - he's getting into baseball and needs a team Who should he pick?
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4 years
What have you spent your afternoon doing?
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4 years
Inspired by @Carra23 , quote this with your picks for the greatest World XI under these the rules: • No two players from the same country • No two can have played for the same club • All eleven have to have played in your lifetime
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1 year
John Motson was the voice of football for so many of us who grew up with him and his voice will forever be associated with some incredible moments. RIP Motty.
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Adam Hurrey
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John Motson's retiring after 50 years at the BBC. Here is a thread of absolute peak John Motson.
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2 years
@btsportfootball “Hey lads, do you mind if I stand in front of the flag so the camera spots me?”
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3 years
When the news broke at Stamford Bridge that Chelsea want out of the Super League 🎉
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3 years
Still in absolute bits about Declan Rice on #singyourdialect
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3 years
Sorry Spurs but I think the Dulux dog might be a gooner.
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Big news for fans of US sports in the UK. Plenty of CFB to get stuck into and then March Madness to come too. Please don’t drop the ball Sky.
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Sky Sports
8 months
BREAKING: Sky Sports have secured the rights to show NCAA College Football and NCAA College Basketball, via an agreement with ESPN! 🚨🍿
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