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This would not be possible if his audience did not already thirst for the spectacle of Trump’s cruelty — a grotesque panorama of cities overrun by thieves, murderers and criminally insane, sapping the marrow of the law that once made America safe for white collar felons like Trump.

All this at the end of another sapping day in the heat, as England’s stint in the field stretched to six sessions and Salman Ali Agha became the third home batter to register a century.

In reality, he was sapping resources from the city.

There was an early-season shoulder injury that sidelined Miller for two months, sapping the momentum he built in a dazzling 11-strikeout gem in his season debut.

Recent months have already shown some backsliding into dryness, in part because record-smashing heat has been sapping moisture from the air and landscape.