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Developers claim the tax eats into their profit margins, stifling new housing projects.

They have generally formed a key plank of the Democratic coalition but Republicans have been eating into that support.

But after the pit stops, Norris began to eat into Leclerc’s lead.

The fees they pay for the advances eat into their paychecks, deepening their financial struggles.

McLaren have had the fastest car for some time, and Verstappen has been fighting a rearguard battle as Norris has eaten into his lead every race since Dutch Grand Prix in late August.