How To Use Fettle In A Sentence
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Bobileff and crew fettled and cajoled and fairly bullwhipped the old beast back together, then fired her up and into a transporter just hours before the show.
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At first sight, the economy hit the August turmoil in fine fettle.
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But back on the track they were reassured that the cycling will be in fine fettle.
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I couldn't understand why as I had not half an hour earlier fettled it.
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Just as an aside, Perry Forde, despite nicotine withdrawals was in fine fettle and led her team to victory in a riveting match-up led by quizmaster Billy Varley who also had to make the supreme sacrifice.
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But look at him now - my exclusive pic shows him in fine fettle.
The Sun
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As one of 8 surviving children of a railway fettler, will I have more than 37.5% of the nation as fellow travellers in the future?
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The contracts were first offered to engineers and salaried staff with RSA, but are now being extend to all employees within the organisation including base grade fettlers.
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Ross Comm, currently a 25-1 chance with William Hill, is reported to be in fine fettle after winning his last two races by a combined distance of 34 lengths.
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A canvas-top version of the GranTurismo S, the GranTurismo convertible has the same Ferrari-fettled 4. 7-liter, 433-horsepower V8 and six-speed ZF transmission with paddle shifters.
A Shapely Visitor From Planet Maserati
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Without another word she left the room, clattering her heavy shoes at the door; and Mordacks foresaw a sad encounter on the morrow, without a good breakfast to "fettle" him for it.
Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale
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We fettled our lights and had a snack to decide on how to progress.
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Virtually identical to the 2009 Geneva concept car—the exterior beautifully intertwines sinuous wave forms to form windows and fenders—the plug-in hybrid i8 will be fettled with a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body over an aluminum substructure, thus canceling out the weight penalty of heavy batteries.
The Face of Green?
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Still in fine fettle at the age of 87, Ruth Young, a retired Oakland school nurse, jumped at the chance, she said, to “spit for the cause.”
Californian’s Volunteer DNA for Largest Human Genome Study Ever Attempted | Impact Lab
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Ned Kelly compelled some fettlers to remove rails from the rail track, because they were expecting a train with a number of police.
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The bath is then left to fettle till all the galU have fallen to the bottom, when they are taken out, and two pounds and a half of englifli vi - triol, twelve pounds of iron filings, and twenty pounds of gum coUefted from the trees of the country, are put into a copper cullender with two handles, and immerfed in the bath.
Elements of the Art of Dyeing
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There's more to the stream now, tall reeds with purple plumes one side, the frizzy remnants of fireweed the other, and oaks, especially a huge one by the path, probably as old as the Howards and in fine fettle.
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- After pressing: Tile edges are fettled and in the case of plastic-pressed products press seams are cut and sponged.
8. Finishing and quality control
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This is an important question not only for those looking for someone to fettle their ballcock.
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When his serve and his forehand are not in fine fettle there is very little left of Roddick's game.
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He is a rob - ber of the vileft fpecies, who degrades humanity, and dishonours the dignity and equity of executive juftice in a free government, by a condud fo lawlefs and barbarous; who thus ihuts up the avenoea of lenity, and fteals from the poor fettler in the colony, the hard earned fruits of induftry.
The Monthly Review
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After we left the eye doctor's, Zachery was in fine fettle.
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And if his chipping and putting is in fine fettle, then he should mount a strong challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were in fine fettle after weeks of sleeping rough and singing psalms.
The English Civil War: A People's History
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It is one of the world's top international companies with some 200 million customers worldwide, and has emerged from the late 1990s telecoms bubble in fine fettle.
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Padraig McHugh from Lissatava was in fine fettle too, entertaining the gathering with a ‘sceal’ or two from back the years.
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The last one (almost) « Transmission – BBC Top Gear
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Hearing aid notwithstanding, the octogenarian is in fine fettle, bar a dodgy knee.
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Overall, her agile mezzo is in fine fettle, and her physical presence and vocal colours well tailored to text and musical line.
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Yet his comic voice, if not his actual voice, is in fine fettle.
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North it means to amend -- to repair -- to put a thing, which is out of order, into such a state as to effectuate, or to be effectual for, its original, or a given purpose; e.g. a cart out of order is sent to the wheelwright's to be fettled.
Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849
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The rider, in this space, takes a hurried look at the "cinches," slips the whip back on the wrist, and whispers a few words into the neck of the big yellow horse who is in fine fettle for this day and hour.
Janey Canuck in the West
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We have had a very pleasing vacance, and now return to you in fine fettle, ready to tear apart your uninspired literary efforts with renewed vigor!
Archive 2010-01-01
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Her soprano voice was in pretty fine fettle.
Times, Sunday Times
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And, like my own car, the lowered suspension causes it to tramline on certain surfaces, a sure sign a car has been fettled a percentage too far.
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They had twelve dogs, all in fine fettle and splendid condition.
THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
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'What's a fettler, and what is to fettle a machine?' inquired Horatia with interest.
Sarah's School Friend
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Yet his comic voice, if not his actual voice, is in fine fettle.
Times, Sunday Times
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In the year 560, a great body of Hunna attempted to fettle in Gaul, but were defeated by Sigebert, king of the Fraoka, ib. la the time of Chtfiemagne the Hunna were mailers of Dacia, Mcefia, and both Panoo* nias, but were entirely reduced by him, f66»
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time
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Namely, that this global warming, de-forestation and pollution stuff is all bunk, the planet has never been in finer fettle etc.
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They have also fettled the suspension, aiming to regain the driving dynamics benchmark which many commentators say was overtaken by Ford's Focus when it first arrived.
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The brief on the GranTurismo Convertible (called the GranCabrio in other markets) is brief: a canvas-top version of the GranTurismo S, with the same Ferrari-fettled 4. 7-liter, 433-horsepower V8 and six-speed ZF transmission with paddle shifters.
A Shapely Visitor From Planet Maserati
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She has looked in good fettle recently and is drawn for a decent run to the corner this morning.
The Sun
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The team are all in excellent fettle.
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His short game is also in fine fettle and will need to be if he is to get himself in contention here.
Times, Sunday Times
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Relatives and neighbours were joined by staff members in making this a special occasion for the popular Ellie who was in fine fettle and enjoyed all the festivities.
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A fettler is the man who cleans the machines in the mill.
Sarah's School Friend
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Her soprano voice was in pretty fine fettle.
Times, Sunday Times
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That voice is in fine fettle, Ry Cooder guests on the title track, and Taylor's morose version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was an American hit post-September 11.
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CTS-V is the fastest production V8 saloon in the world, but extreme car fettler Hennessey Performance clearly doesn't think this is enough.
BBC TopGear: Cars and Autos News
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This is an important question not only for those looking for someone to fettle their ballcock.
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Although hardly a work of sophistication, this section of Dens Park is nevertheless in fine fettle, having been considerably refurbished during the 1990s.
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During the remaining 15 minutes of the contest Carlow were in fine fettle and led by the impressive Brendan Lawler, Pat Coady and Damien Roberts had a strong platform to launch scores.
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She's in fine fettle and will be motoring from the second bend.
The Sun
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Please accept this simple three minute virtual coaching session as a substitute for my absence and distraction and I promise to be back in fine 'fettle' next week.
CRASH -- Lost It All in a Computer Crash But, Hey, Who Cares?
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The offering a houfe and garden to a fettler gratis y may be an inducement to a wretch, who rather intends to beg than work, and he will be glad of the offer without any farther encouragement;. but if the Company wifn for induf - trious men, it mufl not only oifer them a free houfe and garden, but alio
Observations upon the present state of the Scotch fisheries [electronic resource] : and the improvement of the interior parts of the Highlands : being an essay on these subjects, given in to the Highland Society of Scotland ...
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The heated billets (short lengths of red hot steel) shoot out of the reheating furnace and are caught by the fettlers, men equipped with large pincers, and fed manually into the mill roll.
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The business of sitting back like a sultan, buying all the silks and satins in sight and gallantly chaffing Madame Threadneedle, had put me in excellent fettle, but as the afternoon wore away I began to feel less bobbish.
Flash For Freedom
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She's in fine fettle and will be motoring from the second bend.
The Sun
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He is in fine fettle, saying he's doing very well.
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Pride & Prejudice boasts a terrific ensemble cast that includes Donald Sutherland as Mr Bennet and Dame Judi Dench in fine fettle as Darcy's formidable aunt Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
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The club is in fantastic fettle and I could not be more proud of the players.
Times, Sunday Times
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Recent inspections of troops have shown them to be tough, well trained, and in good fettle.
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We have had a very pleasing vacance, and now return to you in fine fettle, ready to tear apart your uninspired literary efforts with renewed vigor!
Archive 2010-01-01
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Overall, her agile mezzo is in fine fettle, and her physical presence and vocal colours well tailored to text and musical line.
Times, Sunday Times
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He qualified and worked as a pharmacist before embarking on a wandering tour of northern Australia, working as pearl diver, stockman, miner, and railway fettler - experiences which informed all his future writing.
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Lumb also looked in fine fettle and he had galloped on to 33 by the close when Wood was 109 and their third wicket stand worth 111 in 22 overs.
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They had twelve dogs, all in fine fettle and splendid condition.
THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
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The bench rabbets seen at the bottom of the photograph would not be much easier to fettle.
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The captain, former England wicket keeper Lea Ames could not play much because of an injury but vice captain Frank Worrell was in fine fettle.
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The bus driver was initially reported in serious condition; on KTTV/11 FOX News that night, his fiancé reported she had seem him and he was in good condition, and showed photos of him she had just taken and he appeared in reasonably fine fettle.
Steve Parker: Why There Are No Seat Belts in School Buses, And Other Safety Questions
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But look at him now - my exclusive pic shows him in fine fettle.
The Sun
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And it pays dividends - you'll see yields increase, your worm and insect populations swell, and get a sense of satisfaction knowing that your soil is in fine fettle.
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‘Fettlers’ would have chipped off the rough edges, and apprentices would have filed and scraped the surfaces to a brilliant finish.
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He's in really good fettle.
The Sun
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The heated billets (short lengths of red hot steel) shoot out of the reheating furnace and are caught by the fettlers, men equipped with large pincers, and fed manually into the mill roll.
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Others have fully finished designs which could have been used for impressing wax masters, or casting lead versions that were then fettled to a fine finish, encased in clay and fired.
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Likewise, the headlamps are, most unusually, dropped into an aperture in the front wings - one of the few composite panels - and these have to be fettled individually to final fit.
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She has looked in good fettle recently and is drawn for a decent run to the corner this morning.
The Sun
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But if ye'd care to give me the names of your kin in France, I might manage to send word ahead-so they'll be fettled against your coming, eh?
Sick Cycle Carousel
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The popular lady from Ballyglass, Scardaune was in fine fettle and was delighted that so many friends came along to share in the celebrations.
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My carbide light was very dim by now so I stopped to fettle it.
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He's in really good fettle.
The Sun
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By gox, Geordie," I says to maaself, "it's a mad durg ye have to fettle.
Border Ghost Stories
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And knowing that their cousins in yellow would claim the whole of the glory, if allowed to be first with the firing, these worthy fellows waited not to take good aim with their cannons, seeing the others about to shoot; but fettled it anyhow on the slope, pointing in a general direction; and trusting in God for aimworthiness, laid the rope to the breech, and fired.
Lorna Doone
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He compelled some fettlers to remove rails from the rail track, because they were expecting a train with a number of police.
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But back on the track they were reassured that the cycling will be in fine fettle.
Times, Sunday Times
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The club is in fantastic fettle and I could not be more proud of the players.
Times, Sunday Times
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Last year people travelled from all over including Chamaniox and Lyon for us to fettle their bike and particularly their disc brakes.
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An European fettler can make but momentary eftbrts of war, in hopes to gain fomc point, that he may by it obtain a fcries of fccurity, under which to work his lands in peace.
Observations on the present state of the waste lands of Great Britain
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His short game is also in fine fettle and will need to be if he is to get himself in contention here.
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After all, this car spent a lot of time being fettled on the famous Nürburgring.
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They were in fine fettle after weeks of sleeping rough and singing psalms.
The English Civil War: A People's History
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The GS300 is fettled with an all-aluminium 216 bhp six-cylinder engine that moves the car from nought to 62 mph in 8.2 seconds, and maximum torque of 294Nm is delivered at 3,800 rpm.
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The USA line-up looks better in terms of the world rankings it contains five of the world's top 20, compared to Europe's one, Pettersen but recent form suggests the home team may be in better fettle.
Solheim Cup needs great golf to add to a tradition of enmity and spite | Lawrence Donegan
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Hearing aid notwithstanding, the octogenarian is in fine fettle, bar a dodgy knee.
Times, Sunday Times
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I have owned a 205 GTI before, a 1.6 from late 1986 bought for a song in 1997 and too-expensively fettled back into fair form.
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And if his chipping and putting is in fine fettle, then he should mount a strong challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
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The budget should easily run to a decent MGB convertible which will have been properly restored at some stage in its life and should be reliable enough for everyday use, providing you can find someone to fettle it for you.
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Thcfe were the opinions of many of the fettler« in New-England.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States
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But the man who has reignited the ‘Ballyteague Blaze’ certainly looked in fine fettle on final day.
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Mersey Docks remains in fine fettle financially, and steadfastly independent.
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BMW The plug-in hybrid i8 will be fettled with a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body over an aluminum substructure, thus canceling out the weight penalty of heavy batteries.
Eco-Conscious, High-Luxury Cars
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But look at him now - my exclusive pic shows him in fine fettle.
The Sun
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He had "fettled" one of them, and, by his Maker's help, he hoped fairly to drive them off the field.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
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Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
Chapter 16
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On Thursday, the PGA chief executive gave the impression to the local press that the English bid was in fine fettle, whereas the widespread view is that the race is between Scotland and Wales.
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I foolishly left the information brochures for SF Canada on my desk at home and had to fettle up something rough-and-ready on my netbook.
Montreal WorldCon Day 1
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Her soprano voice was in pretty fine fettle.
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