gum
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Researchers have developed a bioengineered chewing gum that may offer a new way to target microbes associated with head and neck cancer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
It has the same ingredients — from beef to xanthan gum — but of course the inputs, such as property rates and labor costs, vary widely from country to country.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
A turkey sandwich and a pack of mint gum appeared to be the more prudent option.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
In an early trial in people with gum disease, the drug was reported to reduce gum inflammation for several months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
I lifted up, over the cot, the tiny thin string holding me to my body stretching like chewing gum.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2025
The process, normally gummed up, is even more difficult lately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The housing market gummed up, people unable to move and all this at time when there is huge demand for more homes.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
Instead my feet had gummed to the sidewalk as he handed her into the Ford and they drove away.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Should the Dolphins ultimately move on from Tagovailoa after the season, they’d be confronted with the twin demands of needing to find a replacement—and attempting to do so while Tagovailoa is gumming up the books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"It's almost palpably eager to please – and if you don't welcome it right into your heart, you might want to check there's not some marmalade gumming it shut."
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
And despite the claims that she’s gumming up the state’s process with her appeals, Gilbert has never actually reversed a council decision.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
Because of its eagerness to enter into chemical reactions, "sulfur compounds tend to be more unstable, posing hazards to lab personnel and equipment, clogging up instrumentation and gumming up experiments."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Even Granny stopped gumming her tobacco and looked interested.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
