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clog

[klog, klawg] / klɒg, klɔg /




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The waste can also clog the aquatic vegetation where the fish would feed and breed, and contaminate the water on which they depend.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“If a well stays shut too long, it could clog up, and the oil hardens a bit. Then it would take even longer before they can start it back up,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Plastic bags clog streams and injure and kill marine mammals and wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

In Hollywood depictions of catastrophe, people tend to panic, scream and clog the exits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The captain cleared us aside and used some tar to clog up the hole.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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