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Essentially, Sanders hit the mute button on himself — which is what made the response so brilliant.

“This is in response to a clear attempt to mute our representation in Washington. And so we have to fight back.”

The next crackdown could find other local affiliates less willing to resist the pressure to mute dissent.

Though the reaction from delegates was largely muted, some were visibly squirming in their seats as the US president addressed the UN for the first time since he began his second term.

Sometimes, it takes a player of Bonmati's calibre to make the difference in the pivotal moments - and that is what she did, getting the all-important goal in a knockout stage which was otherwise somewhat muted.