gummed

Example Sentences

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That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025

The process, normally gummed up, is even more difficult lately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

For as long as the process is gummed up in parliament, ministers can point to it being gummed up in parliament.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

Instead my feet had gummed to the sidewalk as he handed her into the Ford and they drove away.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu