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The reductions in water use will be politically difficult, Castle said, but she noted that the seven states have a history “with prodding from the federal government, to ultimately come to agreement around solutions.”

At a Senate hearing last year, after being prodding by Senator Hawley, Mr Zuckerberg apologised to families who claimed their loved ones had been harmed by the company's products.

Musk went around the table, prodding the other members of the team as they one-upped one another with outrageous examples of their own.

“We think our audience really wants this,” says Mannarino, noting theme park attendance surveys were prodding the company to give horror a permanent home.

He was seen struggling with his right shoulder in the warm-up on day five and was continually prodding at it during his bowling spell.