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Cradling the lifeless body of his murdered daughter, Lear can do nothing but repeat the word “never” five times, the repetition driving home the irrevocable nature of loss.

The electric finish was even more jarring given that the Broncos had been completely lifeless for most of the game.

Though "lifeless" for years, snapback "officially buried" the nuclear deal, with "its sorry fate continuing to cast a shadow over the future", said Ali Vaez, the International Crisis Group's Iran project director.

His pacing isn’t quite snappy enough and he makes the odd choice to play most scenes without any musical cues in the background, which causes some scenes to feel a bit lifeless.

There’s no debating that this is a different team than the lifeless one that dropped its first four games.