gum
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In tests involving oral samples from patients, extracts from the gum sharply reduced one virus and two types of bacteria linked to the disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
It has the same ingredients — from beef to xanthan gum — but of course the inputs, such as property rates and labor costs, vary widely from country to country.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
A turkey sandwich and a pack of mint gum appeared to be the more prudent option.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
In turn, conditions such as diabetes can make gum disease more severe or harder to treat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
These had to be sifted out from dust bunnies, gum wrappers, and hair ties.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
But conditions worsened Friday when they discovered they could not offload a neutralizing agent in the failing tank because the valves had broken and were gummed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
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
My hands were still glued, or gummed, to the raft, which had landed.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
In practice, it is gumming up urgent upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
And despite the claims that she’s gumming up the state’s process with her appeals, Gilbert has never actually reversed a council decision.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
Because of its eagerness to enter into chemical reactions, "sulfur compounds tend to be more unstable, posing hazards to lab personnel and equipment, clogging up instrumentation and gumming up experiments."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
He said things were "gumming up" as each individual passport had to be inspected and stamped post-Brexit.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2023
Harvey sat at another, gumming away at his food.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
