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              "tag": "compound"
            },
            {
              "text": "hours",
              "tag": "pobj"
            },
            {
              "text": ".",
              "tag": "punct"
            }
          ],
          "text": "",
          "tag": "Sentence"
        },
        "chunkList": "off-peak hours",
        "isFavorite": null,
        "translations": {
          "ar": "بينما يكون الكثيرون في العمل، يفضل البعض التسوق خلال ساعات الذروة."
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}
