gum up

Example Sentences

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He said things were "gumming up" as each individual passport had to be inspected and stamped post-Brexit.

From BBC

Talks on the biennial Nebraska budget have also been gummed up.

From New York Times

Academics point to a growing body of research that shows such contracts keep wages low and gum up labor markets.

From Washington Post

When it comes to regulations, Mr. Trump’s most consequential legacy was not the rollbacks, which were sporadic and generally unsuccessful, but his success in gumming up the entire regulatory apparatus for four years.

From Washington Post

“Most of them never wanted to stay. We gummed up the works when we militarized the border,” said Douglas S. Massey, an immigration scholar at Princeton.

From New York Times