use Regexp::Trie;

my $rt = Regexp::Trie->new;
open(IN, "phrases.txt");
@list = <IN>;
for (@list){
    chomp;
    $rt->add($_);
}
my $regexp =  $rt->regexp;
print "$regexp\n";


if ($incoming{text} =~ qr(\b$regexp\b)){
    print "Matched: $& \n";
}
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