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The arrests come as police work to clamp down on the increasing number of "proxies" being recruited by foreign intelligence services, the force said.

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Clamp down on defense; Colts have surrendered at least 27 points in three of their last five.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the plans for the wider scheme last month as part of efforts to clamp down on illegal working.

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The president, a 51-year-old former media mogul, responded to the rising wave of dissent by trying to enforce a curfew and encouraging security forces to clamp down on the demonstrators, who loosely described themselves as “Gen Z Mada.”

We've got to really clamp down on this.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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