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        "summary": "A common cause of corrosion-related failure is electric current traveling through a pipe and discharging.",
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        "summary": "Automobile failures may not always be the driver's fault.",
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        "summary": "It is a common practice among motorcycle repair shops to replace the valve stem when the tire is changed, not doing so has dangerous consequences.",
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        "summary": "This unusual case study deals with a single-car accident in which the vehicle was a total loss.",
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        "summary": "In vandalism cases, it's not unusual for a perpetrator to put sugar in a fuel tank.",
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