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   Rajkarn Singh, Rudi Horn, Shayan Najd, Stan Manilov, and Vanya
   Yaneva-Cormack.
 
-  Thanks to Ohad Kammar for being a good friend, taking a genuine
-  interest in my work, making it fun to attend virtual conferences,
-  and for agreeing to be the internal examiner for my dissertation. As
-  for external examiners, I am truly humbled and thankful for Andrew
-  Kennedy and Edwin Brady for agreeing to examine my dissertation.
+  Thanks to Ohad Kammar for agreeing to be the internal examiner for
+  my dissertation. As for external examiners, I am truly humbled and
+  thankful for Andrew Kennedy and Edwin Brady agreeing to examine my
+  dissertation.
 
   Throughout my studies I have received funding from the
   \href{https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics}{School of Informatics} at