unclog

Example Sentences

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No amount of interest-rate adjustment can refine undelivered oil, unclog ports, or conjure new productivity.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

A benzoyl peroxide wash can be a good starting point, since it has anti-bacterial and skin-drying properties and helps unclog pores, Ploch said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed molecules that could help unclog thick, sticky mucus from the lungs of people suffering from cystic fibrosis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

And in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, workers waded through knee-high water as they tried to unclog a drain as cardboard and other debris floated by.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

Within minutes, Miele was on a table in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, awaiting angioplasty to unclog his artery—a procedure that many cardiologists say has become the gold standard in heart attack treatment.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times