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Recent Examples of gum
Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Try a spray with oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), which is refined from the lemon-scented gum plant.
—Sharon Liao, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
Al Weaver, The Hill, 4 June 2025
The Senate should give the bill a substantial rewrite and Democrats should use all procedural tools in their arsenal to gum it up while explaining its shortcomings to the public.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
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Noun
His gum is black and his eye is so red.
—Katie Kitamura
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Try a spray with oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), which is refined from the lemon-scented gum plant.
—Sharon Liao, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
The issue came up for Senate Republicans at a conference-wide meeting Wednesday, where some were itching to lower the cap but wary of gumming things up for Johnson.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 4 June 2025
The Senate should give the bill a substantial rewrite and Democrats should use all procedural tools in their arsenal to gum it up while explaining its shortcomings to the public.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
Noun
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In one, the kitten sits by a backyard swimming pool full of rainbow goo.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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On August 17, the agency posted a photo on social media of someone holding what appears to be a large ball of gelatinous goo.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Thioesters and early chemistry Earlier efforts to attach amino acids to RNA had relied on highly reactive compounds that quickly degraded in water and caused amino acids to clump together rather than bind to RNA.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Trump and conservatives, overall, are obsessed with tarring California — to them, the apotheosis of liberalism — as a violent, lawless, anti-American hellscape.—
Max Taves,
Mercury News,
11 June 2025
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Some loyalists were tarred and feathered, scalped, or even hanged.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Once all the easy-to-access food sources are depleted, squirrels chew through plastic, wood, or house siding to find more.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.—
Miriam Toews
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors alleged that Ramirez came up with having Serrano arrange the hit on his longtime enemy, Vega, as a way to pay off a $20,000 dope debt that Serrano owed to Ali and his friend, Mason.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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The cast is good, but especially early on, too many characters are just clueless dopes.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When making thin-crust pizzas, avoid oiling or greasing the pan; instead, sprinkle some cornmeal or semolina to prevent sticking.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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High-carbon steel requires drying and oiling after each wash to prevent rust, so be sure to consider this when selecting your options.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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The mucilage in bladderwrack—a gel-like substance—can benefit individuals with gastritis or indigestion by coating irritated mucous membranes along the digestive tract.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
WIRED,
6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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When the Trump administration announced massive cuts to federal health agencies earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was getting rid of excess administrators who were larding the government with bureaucratic bloat.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Democrats larded the grant requirements with all types of woke nonsense dictating, among other things, where the stations had to be built and who would be allowed to build them.—
Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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