bogging down
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EU membership also risks bogging down Icelandic businesses in bureaucracy, she and other business leaders said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Seventeen of his home runs came before the All-Star break, a sign of injuries bogging down his results at the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Lawyers for Mr. Musk accused Twitter of bogging down the process by insisting that the lawsuit continue.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The discovery of a fissile isotope that could be separated from its parent by chemical means might quell the skepticism still bogging down the uranium program.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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