gummed
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Attempts to reform and expedite the appeals process over the years have further gummed up the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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
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
It was bitterly cold outside; the hairs inside my nose gummed and froze.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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