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  "path": "/20260416/why-that-swede-glaring-at-you-on-the-street-might-be-trying-to-be-polite",
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  "textContent": "It can feel very rude to foreigners, but if you've had the experience in Sweden of a stranger looking coldly at you, only to look away when you return the look with a smile, try to take comfort in knowing that it might actually be Swedish politeness, writes The Local's Mandy Pipher.",
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