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

Now, supplies of multiple items are gummed up at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

They don’t want to be picking time-consuming fights with the Lords, or creating laws that could be gummed up with hundreds of possible amendments – helpful tweaks - from their lordships.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024

It was bitterly cold outside; the hairs inside my nose gummed and froze.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys