gum up
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Big banks’ profit engines are humming along even as geopolitics keep threatening to gum up the works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
However, the Federation of Small Businesses has expressed reservations about the plan, warning that unlimited settlements "would be difficult and further gum up tribunals".
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
In part, that’s because of how easy it’s become to gum up the Senate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Making it easier and less costly for insurers to deny claims, or for patients to file potentially dubious claims, could further gum up an already overloaded system rather than smoothing out the process.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
Meryl Lee and Mai Thi and I decided that we should find better ways to help Danny than putting gum up our noses.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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