clog
Example Sentences
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The waste can also clog the aquatic vegetation where the fish would feed and breed, and contaminate the water on which they depend.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
“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
Halting the pressurized flow in mature reservoirs disrupts a delicate subterranean system, allowing water to flood the wellbore and heavy sediments to clog rock pores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Plastic bags clog streams and injure and kill marine mammals and wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
The clog bursts free, and people and animals flee together in a great squealing mass.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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