clog up
Example Sentences
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“If a well stays shut too long, it could clog up, and the oil hardens a bit. Then it would take even longer before they can start it back up,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
The Kings have had success with that system, which uses three players to clog up the neutral zone and make it difficult for opponents to enter the offensive zone in control.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
But there is still a risk that large numbers lodging appeals will clog up the system sufficiently to delay and frustrate their removal.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
Downs has also been studying what things in the blood and skin could "clog" up the sensors and reduce their accuracy over time.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
