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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_search_freq(fp=SEARCH_FREQ_JSON):
 """ Load the search_freq from JSON file """

    try:
        with open(fp) as f:
            return Counter(json.load(f))
    except FileNotFoundError:
        return Counter()