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economist-unlock

to read Paid Articles of economist.com for Free

// ==UserScript==
// @name         economist-unlock
// @namespace    https://github.com/flyyuan
// @version      2024-01-02-1
// @description  to read Paid Articles of economist.com for Free
// @author       flyyuan
// @match        *://*.economist.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=greasyfork.org
// @grant        none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==





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