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Maccabi Be'er Sheva F.C.

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli football team based in beersheba”. Today it says “israeli football team based in be'er sheva”.
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Maccabi Be'er Sheva Football Club ( ), is an Israeli football team based in Beersheba .1 While not nearly as popular as their city rivals, Hapoel Be'er Sheva , the club made great strides in recent years including gaining promotion from Liga Bet to the Liga Leumit in just four seasons. However, they have suffered two subsequent relegations and then a promotion, and are currently in Liga Leumit , the second tier of Israeli football. the teem plays home matches at the Vasermil Stadium .2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli football team based in beersheba”. Today it says “israeli football team based in be'er sheva”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

israeli football team based in beersheba

Now

israeli football team based in be'er sheva

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