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It had involved what they described as a "sickening amount" of sucking up, but meant that "in practical terms, they are probably as in as good a position as anybody".

But the board, heeding landlords who argue that inflation is sucking their accounts dry, voted for rent hikes for three consecutive years, from 2022 to 2024, provoking outrage among tenants and their advocates.

It's a pipe that snakes under the stony beach and out into the Atlantic, sucking up seawater and bringing it onshore.

A decade of sucking everyone into tight spaces was bound to trigger a counter-reaction of stretching things back out.

"The anger for me is done, they are sucking the life out of me. This is as bad as it's ever been and we are a club that has dropped down to League One football."