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Both groups said the executions followed routinely unfair trials that were marred by allegations of torture and other ill-treatment.

Then there were the self-inflicted mistakes, the very same ones that had marred the season to date.

Bergman’s production, marred by blasts of jarring folk music between scene transitions, is a little too on the nose.

Chakwera's time in office has been marred by economic turmoil and allegations of corruption.

The challenge will be replicating that formula over the season’s final month, and ensuring Sunday’s gut-check victory is not wasted on clunkers marred by self-inflicted mistakes.