def get_board_as_string(game):
    """
    Returns a string representation of the game board in the current state.
    """
    board_str =  """
{}  |  {}  |  {}
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{}  |  {}  |  {}
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{}  |  {}  |  {}
"""
    return board_str.format(game["board"][0][0], game["board"][0][1],game["board"][0][2],game["board"][1][0],game["board"][1][1],game["board"][1][2],game["board"][2][0],game["board"][2][1],game["board"][2][2])
    # "{name} is being {emotion}"".format(d) d = {'name': 'Yatri', 'emotion': 'funny'}