unclog
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No amount of interest-rate adjustment can refine undelivered oil, unclog ports, or conjure new productivity.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed molecules that could help unclog thick, sticky mucus from the lungs of people suffering from cystic fibrosis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
And in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, workers waded through knee-high water as they tried to unclog a drain as cardboard and other debris floated by.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
Though many support the roadwork to unclog congestion in the overcrowded city, the construction has also brought complaints of uprooting green spaces and trees.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Within minutes, Miele was on a table in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, awaiting angioplasty to unclog his artery—a procedure that many cardiologists say has become the gold standard in heart attack treatment.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
An Allure 2021 Best of Beauty Winner for Best Peel, this locally developed formula uses AHA to smooth wrinkles and refine the skin’s texture, while BHA unclogs and decongests enlarged pores.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
It unclogs the accumulated ick around the ethics of self-promotion, only to reveal a digital self that’s even shinier.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
She fantasizes about someday leading a spin class, but mostly unclogs toilets.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2014
Tiny balloon unclogs heart blood vessels Stricken with the suffocating, spasmodic chest pains of severe angina, Robert, a 47-year-old chauffeur, recently entered Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even a brief rest interrupts this strain; it unclogs the wheels of action.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
What’s more, many unclogged wells leak methane, a planet-warming gas that is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
She adds regularly cleansing your skin ensures you can minimise your risk of having breakouts, as you are avoiding product build up and keeping your pores unclogged.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022
Even with rate hikes, she said, inflation will remain high for much of the year, though it should moderate as supply chains get unclogged and once the latest surge in COVID-19 subsides.
From Reuters ● Jan. 13, 2022
In time, it’s possible that lower gas and energy prices or unclogged supply chains can help steer prices back down to more sustainable levels.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
He has noticed that Lincoln is visibly more comfortable when the wound is unclogged.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Even if the strait reopens to commercial traffic, unclogging it will take weeks if not months, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Others said those worries could be eased by unclogging a bottleneck that's preventing clean energy projects from connecting to the grid.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023
The White House has touted the success of this effort at unclogging ports, resolving shipping container shortages and unloading shipments from boats more quickly heading into the recent winter holidays.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
And not just nauseated, but the kind of sickness where you’re unable to get up from the toilet and have to throw up in your sink and then spend the whole day unclogging that sink.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2023
In the morning Gaston, unclogging one eye, perceived that his enemy had gone.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
