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  "id": 914616,
  "title": "Ex-Cambridge professor who faced plagiarism claims, weeks of public scrutiny, found dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/ex-cambridge-professor-who-faced-plagiarism-claims-weeks-of-public",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T22:35:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday.",
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        "title": "Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row found dead",
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