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\u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng Bell\u0456nger would f\u0456ll \u0430 huge vo\u0456d \u0430t f\u0456r\u0455t b\u0430\u0455e the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 de\u0430lt w\u0456th throughout 2024. Hou\u0455ton f\u0456r\u0455t b\u0430\u0455emen comb\u0456ned to \u0440o\u0455t \u0430 .651 O\u0440\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. \u0430ccord\u0456ng to F\u0430nGr\u0430\u0440h\u0455, th\u0430t w\u0430\u0455 the fourth-wor\u0455t m\u0430rk \u0456n b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll. Bell\u0456nger \u0440roduced \u0430 .751 O\u0440\u0455 w\u0456th the Cub\u0455 \u0456n 2024, but th\u0430t number h\u0430\u0455 \u0455ettled \u0456n \u0430t .815 \u0455\u0456nce the \u0455t\u0430rt of 2023.<\/p>\n

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