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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 _execute_request(self, request):
 """Helper method to execute a request, since a lock should be used to not fire up multiple requests at the same time. :return: Result of `request.execute` """

        with GoogleCloudProvider.__gce_lock:
            return request.execute(http=self._auth_http)