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The score was tied 3-3 after the first quarter, but the Cavaliers’ suffocating defense began to take hold in the second quarter as Cleveland scored three times to take a 6-2 lead into halftime.

"Aspects of this legislation risks suffocating the very thing that makes English football so unique, the aspiration that allows clubs to rise and succeed in our pyramid system. The ambition that means fans can dream," she said.

Both Musk and Trump have concentrated on the idea of him leading a new "Department of Government Efficiency", where he would cut costs, reform regulations and streamline what he calls a "massive, suffocating federal bureaucracy".

For much of America, we’re La La Land on the left coast, a socialist state harboring the likes of San Francisco liberals Harris and Newsom — welcoming illegal immigration, coddling criminals, overregulating business and suffocating successful people with sky-high taxes.

After letting Chattanooga hang around for most of the first half, USC fully clamped down in the second, suffocating the Mocs with their length.