clogging

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The animals also showed greater protection against atherosclerosis, the artery clogging disease linked to heart attacks and strokes.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Meanwhile, residents in the $3 million homes surrounding the campus—a former elementary school—complained about parents clogging the streets with Teslas at pickup and drop-off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“The clogging of ships on both sides of this trade choke point, however, bears further consequences,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Sanne Manders, president of logistics firm Flexport, said both tariffs and strikes at ports in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium in the first three months of the year had been "clogging" ports.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

His mask kept clogging, and in the rush to dive back into the hole, he’d forgotten to renew his LED paint patch.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi