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He added that the force had "so many main lines of inquiries" and it "wouldn't have been feasible to search the whole of Brantham and the whole of the countryside".

Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along with a buoy and these are lowered to the seabed with the creels.

Nicknames are a tell for Trump — a brand for his main line of attack.

The depletion of mangrove forests along the shoreline - the coast’s main line of defence against erosion - is to blame.

A message The Associated Press left on the city’s Law Department main line seeking comment Monday wasn’t immediately returned.