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There are, of course, other brakes on the tendency of one-party rule to subvert the system of separation of powers and checks and balances.

They might serve as a brake on some of his more extreme promises.

A sightseeing tour company in San Diego is having to hit the brakes on rentals after about 30 of its vehicles, including several powered by lithium-ion batteries, went up in flames Thursday night, authorities said.

The two nations have closely integrated supply chains that, experts say, could put a brake on Trump’s provocative tariff plans.

But his overtaking moves were clean and clinical, and the one to take the lead from Esteban Ocon’s Alpine was a beauty - sending it on the brakes from at least two car lengths back.