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Early communities may contain relatively harmless bacteria, while more complex communities can eventually include species strongly associated with gum disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the process, Wilson meets other eccentric characters that share his passion of filmmaking but have their own interests, like clearing gum from a sidewalk, immortalizing a person’s tattoo after they’re dead, and music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

One parent said her son worked better when he was chewing gum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Getting rid of chewing gum, getting rid of grotty looking bins, getting rid of graffiti, the things that are unsightly that none of us want to see," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

After nearly a whole morning, all we had was a half-filled cup of tacky gum.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

But product development at larger companies is slow and rigid, often getting gummed up in corporate bureaucracy, Brasher said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Crews could not “get anything into the compromised tank because, the theory is, the product was starting to solidify and it gummed up the dump valves,” McGovern said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Supply chains are also gummed up for helium, crucial for the artificial-intelligence chips boom, and fertilizers, essential for global food security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

The gears of the heavens had gotten gummed up, and now it would be daytime forever.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

In practice, it is gumming up urgent upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

"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

Many importers then quietly used the San Pedro ports to store containers, causing a logjam of ships waiting to berth and gumming up the entire supply chain system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

Even Granny stopped gumming her tobacco and looked interested.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer