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More than two billion cups of coffee are drunk each day and that's before we start talking about cola, energy drinks, plus some chocolate, chewing gum and sports supplements, which also contain the chemical.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

He had climbed up the rope rigging of the balloon to mend a small hole with a piece of rubber and some spirit gum.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

The sap must have gummed up the works, because a deafening crack echoed down the mountainside.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Mars chose spirulina—the high-protein ingredient often touted as a superfood—as a blue substitute, but it’s been gumming up the U.S. factories that produce 600 million M&M’s each day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

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

I keep going, one foot in front of the other, tears gumming up the back of my throat, until I feel I’m far enough away that they won’t find me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam