clogging

present participle of clog
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Verb
  • His image of Ethel Kennedy’s outstretched arm and hand blocking his camera’s lens will be on view in the exhibition.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Overhead images from news crews showed a semi-truck trailer blocking the roadway.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Department of Transportation said more than 400 roads are closed in the state, impeding travel and rescue efforts.
    NBC News, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • For slower, first-time marathoners, the risk of a super shoe impeding their efforts may not be worth the meager potential reward, especially at these prices.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Three Just Stop Oil protesters were found guilty of wilfully obstructing a highway in November last year after a trial at Stratford Magistrates’ Court in the UK earlier this week.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Singapore Reuters — A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offenses by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state’s high-profile government graft case.
    Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Clogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clogging. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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