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But with one game left in the season, the Trojans are still barely clinging to bowl eligibility.

He had just hitched a ride out of HMP Wandsworth by clinging to the underside of the lorry using a makeshift sling made from a pair of trousers.

Golestani shines as a woman clinging to her illusions — about a wife’s place, about women’s second-class status — because she’s never permitted herself to think any other way.

"We had situations where he’d cling to lampposts, climb on the roof, and we’d have to restrain him several times a day."

I've clung to the promise of democracy in the hope that small changes could nudge us there.