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The game was turned on its head by the remarkable Sutherland, now the tournament's leading wicket-taker, who took out Jones' off stump for 18 and they turned the screw.

Beginning around 2005, China’s government tightened the screws, levying export taxes on rare earths that made it costlier for Western magnet makers to churn out products.

In recent months, there have been signs of Chinese authorities once again tightening the screws.

The U.S. maintains close ties with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey—the Middle Eastern powers that helped get the Gaza peace plan over the finish line by turning the screws on Hamas.

A right arm being held together now with a metal rod and screws.