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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 verify_create(self, recipient, params=None):
 """Create a new verification."""

        if params is None: params = {}
        params.update({'recipient': recipient})
        return Verify().load(self.request('verify', 'POST', params))