\v=9
\v~=\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w twenty-four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* disease. 
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