clog up
Example Sentences
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The more viscous material can clog up factories’ spray nozzles, resulting in spotty, unevenly colored candy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
And it’s not as if those proposals clog up the annual meeting proxy — for this year’s meeting, only four proposals will be submitted to shareholder votes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
Downs has also been studying what things in the blood and skin could "clog" up the sensors and reduce their accuracy over time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
