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18.4k
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9.0k
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13.3k
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2.4k
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9 Feb 2018
24.1k
130
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27.9k
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7 Feb 2018
35.7k
170
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14.2k
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2 Feb 2018
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14.1k
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44.5k
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115k
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Eric Nolan
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