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  1. import java.util.*;
  2. import java.lang.*;
  3. import java.util.regex.*;
  4.  
  5. class Main
  6. {
  7. 	public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  8. 	{
  9.     Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^(.*?)((\\b(was|in|for)\\b)|$)");
  10.     String s = "Once upon a time there was a fox in a hole";
  11.     Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
  12.     if (m.find()) {
  13.         System.out.println(m.group(1));
  14.     }
  15. 	}
  16. }
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Once upon a time there
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language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
created:
13 years ago
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