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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 _count(dicts):
 """ Merge a list of dicts, summing their values. """

    counts = defaultdict(int)
    for d in dicts:
        for k, v in d.items():
            counts[k] += v
    return counts