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track Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.3 39.6 48.2 79.5 58.1 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences12977 32 8 10 1 1
Number of authors67 43 13 5 4 1 1

Occurrences of track in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the brig and ontae the cairt track that rins through the fairy w on page 15
The cairt track staps at the auld kirk. Jist on page 16

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
t the stert o July, in a lang track o byordinar heat, weirin late on page 133

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n quait-like, ower hou lang a track o time thay cuidna richt say, on page 19

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
st that. Ye will see whaur my track begins in the sand. Aw ye nee on page 83

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oonie, who isnae a natural ss track n field man, looks like he's on page 46

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
An' get back on the track. on page 22

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
"Pooderhaa dug track?" speirt Jock. on page 86

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ul pal. Up the bankin, no the track. Tellin ye, see this joggin l on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
akkin leg-bail doon the cairt-track that led tae the main road, w on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Stap forrit tae get back oan track on page 42

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
kit weill tae ferm an fish an track the whales. Bit nae Ketil. 'A on page 14

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
set aboot gettin' yersel' oan track tae live a life which is foo on page

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
gs. A qualified fir ma school track team cos a had fast wee legs. on page 37

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ahm findin it hard tae keep track ae whit lies ah've telt him. on page 1

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Taks the roch track Pitcruvie-wey, Balcormo and B on page 15
ning Yet brambles obscure the track: on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
emory and ah wis oan the fast track tae this point in ma life. Ah on page 19

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
An track the sheddaes on page 193

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh lose track o time an eh firgit on page 19

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the opposite wey on the same track as this yin,' said Mr Wonka. on page 140

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
traiked ower the white forest track, and he thocht he wid find We on page 1
There wis a braid track, near as braid as a road, tha on page 85

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
I'm totally aff on the wrang track, is that we're richt in ablow on page 39

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n it rushed along its rickety track, and Granda hud tae take hur on page 32

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
there wis ainlie the track on page 7

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mine's a seamless weld o track, on page 56

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Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ae the green sod o the runnin track. on page 135

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ll they be as the kings o the track on page 98

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Whaur's the railway, whase track ran atween the respective set on page 72

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ke monie a skreivar frae this track o time, the walit author is k on page 7

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ilk gospel chapter grees wi a track on the disc, sae gin ye want on page 135

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ts o the quaisten ower a lang track o time. Derrick sees the inte on page 7

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The road runs down to single track. on page 91

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n Chainey an the auld railway track. Another written warnin’.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
twa o the references A cudna track doon masel. Boys-fur-rags A t
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Hill Track
Trod oot this track,
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
weys yin ee oot for a railway track tae lash oorsels tae, an a pa
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an countries, as weel as keep track o what wis gaun on in Scotlan
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ll relayin o the auld 57-mile track that linked Peterheid an the
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
in a public airt sic as a dug track or the pitch and toss skail.
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
reachin doon tae the railway track. The door’s closed oer but
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, the pulsin bass drum ay the track. ‘GAUN YERSEL MA MAN!’ ah
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
They drove tae some single track road somewhere, fuckin middle
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
red near Atalanta’s trainin track. Ivery ane o them wis noo hei
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
of Tommy's, then? Ah'm lossin track of who everybody is. This pla
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ould get a shot at him on the track at Lettermore. “We?” Aye
no’ yet at the bend in the track. A could still escape noo uns
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
onal pursuit. He wis easy tae track doon and bundling him intae t
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Ay’ up Nirvana’s track,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e restit on a stane whaur the track jynt a road. Sud he try for t
. He didna hae the skeels tae track thaim. Damn it aa, he didna e
wha kent aboot this. She wad track thaim doon an expose thaim wh
e. “Yer road hemm is doon a track covert wi briar roses,” she
ce realised that she had lost track o Hsien. She waitit a daicent
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ostel wis weel aff the beaten track So a wis happy tae git rid e
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
om – it’s no ainlie their track raicord, we ken that their id
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rd on the Macpherson’s Rant track.
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Neo-Laboural’ agenda. Wi a track record sic as his ane, an a f
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@g_hibby tweeted
a good sign I'm oan the right track.. ?? (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
Day 2 o 2015 and still oan track fir soo much more thanks tae (2015) search twitter
I have my career focus now on track X(2017) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ed people oan their shambolic track and trace system. Gies piece (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
goin on for weeks now at this track and nothin has been said unti (2020) twitter link
uys - hrp promotions run the track at lochgelly - maybe they wo (2020) twitter link
also work at lochgelly race track on a saturday night - seems (2020) twitter link
1st august and was the first track in the uk to get the go ahead (2020) twitter link
ice rink n a gym n a speedway track too - ffs m8 (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the countryside. The railwye track wis jist ahin the hoose, an s on page 15

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
egither aat lang they've lost track. 'Ma life cuid hae been sae d on page 43

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
need for you gan aboot sic a track Wi hardly a daicent cloot til on page 15

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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
he bears the gree bi hauf the track reward'r wi this lump o succa on page 3

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Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
By Jings! Fit braa! A track in the snaa! on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ookin back doon the aul fairm track aat snakit its wye fae the ma on page 19
n as the train rummilt roon a track an disappeart inte fit lookit on page 39
thert speed, rocketin ben the track ~ roon an roon, loop the loop on page 40
han an haaled ma aff the dirt track; brunches scrattin it wir fac on page 44
agne hittin hame as the neest track stairtit, "what a way to make on page 59

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
single track roadwye on page 43

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
island. For instance the one track road at ey were rinnin on
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Monster combine maks a deep track.
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fermtoun brae, Steenhillock's track ran north doon a ruttit roadi
son, in a hoose bi a wee dirt track atween the Fir widdie an the
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
taen the priests a while tae track her doon, fur they hid nae tr
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Slippin farrer back doun the track, the loon varstled tae jalous
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in baith his lugs and makin a track across his broo as it spun ro
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n an pynted doon a lang sanny track tae the left sayin he’d fin
kit her an set sail alang the track. The man he wiz gyan tae see
at Turra show. The lang sanny track wiz jist perfect for his play
tottered his wye back up the track wi his ersehole still winkin
er gyan aboot haafwyes up the track, he happened tae look back th
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d made their wye doon the wee track fae higher up. As they reache
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e pole, tulk aff his new blue track suit, hodged up n’ doon, ra
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
t bit was that naeb’dy lost track o’ fit drink wis fa’s, be
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
en in a funcy system that wid track the ba....but it didni jist t(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
acific Quay mine n doon, load track n trace(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
box. "Noo, sir, we're back on track. on page 47

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
l nivver gang, the nummers at track her credits is ap, an aence t on page 114
says. "Oh. I'm sorry. I lost track of the days." He shrugs. "I d on page 158

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
yir Fostex four-track whirran an hollered doon the on page 7

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Doon the track by the implement shed, the pi on page 35
's peedie fires all along the track on page 56

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Doon the Gaitnip track a bee buzzes by on page 16

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Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
a track leaves evasively on page 58

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
his tagsy strings , like the track o me malt on page 21

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Single track rodd on page 40

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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Her midder brocht her tae da track, a peerie bit o ting in a tra
, a peerie bit o ting in a track suit twa sizes ower big. 'Sh
al, her midder appeared at da track side. Kirsten wis wantin ta t
Hit's no lik a track event, high jimp dat is. Weel
rkney squad, aa raed an black track suits, an saa whit I took ta
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Beautiful perfect track. Watching maalies fae my wind(2017) search twitter

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
wheels, wad stotter doon the track bringin gear an guids fur the
1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ver it's ca'ed. But the laugh track did whiles seem a bit inappro on page 46

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