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Bea: Some faults still need an inspection, so those bookings must stay provisional.\n\nPulled quote: “Some faults still need an inspection.” — Bea, fictional dialogue.\n\nMedia: Generated illustration of a conversation; caption: no real video supplied, do not show a working play promise." }, "reasoning": "The host’s question introduces the issue; the guest’s answer includes the boundary. 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This is layout-contract review, not source-intent confirmation." }, "variation_relationship": "base" } }, "options": [ { "id": "transcript", "what": "Interview transcript: speaker names as right-aligned margin labels, questions bold and answers regular, a hanging-quote-mark quote and an inline video figure" } ], "also_seen_in": [], "source": { "ref": "Semafor article, Semaform body", "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/10/07/2026/china-is-coming-slowly-for-the-dollar" } }