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unclog

[uhn-klog, -klawg] / ʌnˈklɒg, -ˈklɔg /




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With yet another possible deal being negotiated to unclog Middle East oil supplies, analysts need to solve a mystery pronto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Speaking at the Urdd Eisteddfod on Anglesey on Wednesday, ap Iorwerth said it had been Plaid policy for "many, many years" that something needed to be done to "unclog that Brynglas bottleneck".

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

These boosts are meant to unclog the express toll lanes by deterring some users, and to pay for a small portion of freeway widenings.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

“Oh, Celia, no. I don’t want to be a pest. You know he helped me unclog the guest toilet just yesterday,” Lou Ann says.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

An Allure 2021 Best of Beauty Winner for Best Peel, this locally developed formula uses AHA to smooth wrinkles and refine the skin’s texture, while BHA unclogs and decongests enlarged pores.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

It unclogs the accumulated ick around the ethics of self-promotion, only to reveal a digital self that’s even shinier.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019

She fantasizes about someday leading a spin class, but mostly unclogs toilets.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2014

Qi Gong, like acupuncture and acupressure, unclogs the meridians and promotes the free flow of qi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even a brief rest interrupts this strain; it unclogs the wheels of action.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

What’s more, many unclogged wells leak methane, a planet-warming gas that is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024

Anyone want to guess how many of those drivers turned off their engines while waiting for things to get unclogged?

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022

She adds regularly cleansing your skin ensures you can minimise your risk of having breakouts, as you are avoiding product build up and keeping your pores unclogged.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2022

Even with rate hikes, she said, inflation will remain high for much of the year, though it should moderate as supply chains get unclogged and once the latest surge in COVID-19 subsides.

From Reuters ● Jan. 13, 2022

He has noticed that Lincoln is visibly more comfortable when the wound is unclogged.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Even if the strait reopens to commercial traffic, unclogging it will take weeks if not months, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Others said those worries could be eased by unclogging a bottleneck that's preventing clean energy projects from connecting to the grid.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023

The White House has touted the success of this effort at unclogging ports, resolving shipping container shortages and unloading shipments from boats more quickly heading into the recent winter holidays.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

And not just nauseated, but the kind of sickness where you’re unable to get up from the toilet and have to throw up in your sink and then spend the whole day unclogging that sink.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2023

In the morning Gaston, unclogging one eye, perceived that his enemy had gone.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett




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