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“Being on top is a grind,” Davis told The Times in 2022.

Col Yevgeny Sasyko, a former head of strategic communications with Ukraine’s general staff, said Russia places “powerful jaws” around the flanks of a city that slowly “grind though” defences until they collapse.

But EPA’s funding remained essentially flat, and inflation continued to grind down its purchasing power and capacity.

“I think you get into a recess scenario where they grind the Senate to a halt and are refusing to allow regular order move forward and confirm folks,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told HuffPost.

They relish conflict, but conflict drives away potential allies, sows chaos, and can often grind the gears of their agenda.