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A glimmer of hope, a door creaked slightly ajar, a creeping sense of "what if" drifting through the crowd and the commentary box - but in the end, Australia win.

Despite this, India has refrained from imposing retaliatory tariffs against the US and has left the door ajar for further negotiations.

At this point she said the garden was overgrown, there was mould on the windows - which were left ajar in winter - and the back gates were in need of repair.

I was continually scaling walls and dragging him, covered in engine grease, out from under a car in the morning after he slipped out the front door left ajar.

Vatican sources say that was to keep the door for dialogue ajar, even when it seemed hopeless.