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+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief Aho-Corasick Algorithm[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aho%E2%80%93Corasick) - Multi-pattern string search.
+ * @details Builds a trie + failure links for O(n + m + z) multi-pattern matching. Inspired by GFG/LeetCode #30.
+ * @author [Saurabh Kokate](https://github.com/kokatesaurabh)
+ */
+#include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <queue>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace strings { namespace aho_corasick {
+    // Trie node struct
+    struct TrieNode {
+        std::unordered_map<char, int> children;
+        int fail = 0;
+        std::vector<int> output;  // Pattern indices ending here
+    };
+
+    // Build trie + failure links
+    std::vector<TrieNode> buildTrie(const std::vector<std::string>& patterns) {
+        // ... (implement: insert patterns, BFS for fails)
+    }
+
+    // Search function
+    std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>> search(const std::string& text, const std::vector<std::string>& patterns) {
+        // ... (implement: traverse text, collect matches via output links)
+        return {};  // vector of (text_pos, pattern_index)
+    }
+} }  // namespace
+
+static void test() {
+    std::vector<std::string> pats = {"he", "she", "his", "hers"};
+    std::string text = "ushers";
+    auto matches = strings::aho_corasick::search(text, pats);
+    assert(matches.size() == 3);  // Expected: (0,"ushe"), etc. — adjust asserts
+    // More tests: empty, no-match, overlaps.
+    std::cout << "All tests passed!\n";
+}
+
+int main() { test(); return 0; }