It follows claims that low-flying jets on a training exercise recently led to mass panic, with kittiwake chicks falling into the sea and drowning.

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Mr Remington said the trust was in administration because it was "drowning in a sea of Private Finance Initiative debt fuelled by the high cost of servicing repayments to private companies".

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Mr Romney also accuses Mr Obama of drowning the American dream in a sea of red ink.

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One reformed wizard tried drowning his copy in the sea but by the time he arrived home it was back in its usual place on his bookshelf.

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Women in the age of AnneMarieSlaughterSherylSandbergMarissaMayer are drowning in a sea of unsolicited advice.

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Are the important life events of your closest loved ones drowning in a sea of banana slicer jokes?

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Nurses are "drowning in a sea of paperwork" with more than one-sixth of the working week taken up doing non-essential paperwork, a survey suggests.

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