unclog

Example Sentences

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But years passed without the dramatic reforms needed to reshape and unclog the legal pathways to U.S. citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

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

And he scored a hard-to-get surgery appointment for late this month to help unclog the arteries in his heart.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

“Oh, Celia, no. I don’t want to be a pest. You know he helped me unclog the guest toilet just yesterday,” Lou Ann says.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko