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 benzoyl peroxide wash can be a good starting point, since it has anti-bacterial and skin-drying properties and helps unclog pores, Ploch said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

The AI also might be able to design nano-robots that enter the human body and steer through the blood stream to unclog arteries, diagnose illnesses or kill cancer cells.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 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

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