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Tha'er Bawab

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jordanian football striker of palestinian and lebanese descent who currently plays for gloria bistriţa and the”. Today it says “jordanian former professional footballer who played as a forward”.
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Tha'er Fayed Al Bawab ( ; born 1 March 1985) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian club FC Dunărea Călărași .1 He spent most of his professional career in Spain and Romania.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jordanian football striker of palestinian and lebanese descent who currently plays for gloria bistriţa and the”. Today it says “jordanian former professional footballer who played as a forward”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

jordanian football striker of palestinian and lebanese descent who currently plays for gloria bistriţa and the

Now

jordanian former professional footballer who played as a forward

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