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In other words, Arsenal were too imbalanced to pull apart a defensive shell that was typical of the defensive stance opponents adopt against them.

The Prime Minister has set up a new Border Security Command, and is attempting to work more closely with the UK's European neighbours to pull apart organised crime gangs involved in people smuggling.

Iceland has 33 active volcano systems, and sits on the rift where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates pull apart.

Her mouth continued to pull apart as Malevolent’s entire face bulged and stretched grotesquely, almost as if there was something inside her, fighting to break free of its prison.

Thursday, officers breached one of the barricades at the encampment and began to pull apart plywood and other materials that demonstrators had used to build a wall.