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Now, supplies of multiple items are gummed up at the same time.

The process, normally gummed up, is even more difficult lately.

"It's like Velcro dirt," he said, noting it "just gums up mechanisms".

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And despite the claims that she’s gumming up the state’s process with her appeals, Gilbert has never actually reversed a council decision.

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Axios reports that Trump's advisers are preparing for a potential third impeachment of the president and strategizing ways to pass key agenda items before a congressional trial gums up the works.

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