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Segment and Geographic Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment			1
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 356,917	$ 427,735	$ 856,599	$ 844,572
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	241,344	288,491	614,918	576,278
Total Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	115,471	134,991	241,503	258,893
United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	86,150	97,630	176,371	181,032
Other European countries
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	29,321	37,361	65,132	77,861
Other Geographies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 102	$ 4,253	$ 178	$ 9,401

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e8672-108599

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