unclog

Example Sentences

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These boosts are meant to unclog the express toll lanes by deterring some users, and to pay for a small portion of freeway widenings.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

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

But he said that his health has deteriorated so much that he no longer can work as a handyman, because common chemicals such as paint thinners or those used to unclog drains aggravate his condition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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