bogging down
Example Sentences
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Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
But Kail’s fleet maneuvers keep the production from bogging down without lessening the emotional combustion that is the source of the playwright’s lasting genius.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
The filmmakers do well to get a thick financial glossary across without bogging down the movie.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023
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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