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Diamonds (1975 film)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the four suits found in playing cards”. Today it says “a 1975 israeli-american heist film directed by menahem golan and arik dichner”.
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Diamonds ( ♦ ) is one of the four suits found in playing cards . It is the third-highest ranking suit in contract bridge . Diamonds is also the title of a 1975 movie with Robert Shaw and Shelley Winters , and of a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd .1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the four suits found in playing cards”. Today it says “a 1975 israeli-american heist film directed by menahem golan and arik dichner”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

one of the four suits found in playing cards

Now

a 1975 israeli-american heist film directed by menahem golan and arik dichner

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