gummed

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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

That gummed up financing and logistics for Arctic LNG 2 and stopped South Korean shipbuilders from delivering to the project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

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

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

She wasn’t even listening, with her face all gummed up with paint and her eyes hard as a fice dog’s.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner