's' option should help.
Assuming non-greedy search

$re = qr[$start(.*?)$end]s;
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should do the work.

Also read perldoc perlre. Here is the extract :
m : Treat string as multiple lines. That is, change "^" and "$" from matching the start or end of the string to matching the start or end of any line anywhere within the string.

s : Treat string as single line. That is, change "." to match any character whatsoever, even a newline, which normally it would not match.

The "/s" and "/m" modifiers both override the "$*" setting. That is, no matter what "$*" contains, "/s" without "/m" will force "^" to match only at the beginning of the string and "$" to match only at the end (or just before a newline at the end) of the string.

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