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Recent Examples of gum
Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 June 2025
Work some Vaseline into the surrounding hair and onto the gum.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
But years of cheese consumption had apparently led to tiny bits of cheese getting down into the mechanism and gumming it up something terrible.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The root below the gums also has a covering, called cementum.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 June 2025
Work some Vaseline into the surrounding hair and onto the gum.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
Verb
Other Republican senators have scrambled to find out whether Trump’s federal hiring moratorium would impact air traffic controllers, which could gum up travel around the country.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
But years of cheese consumption had apparently led to tiny bits of cheese getting down into the mechanism and gumming it up something terrible.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
Noun
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Here’s a recipe for Christina Tosi’s cinnamon buns with brown sugar goo.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Unlike liquid sanitizer, wipes won't leak in your bag, which means no surprise goo on your stuff.—
Gregory Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Three skinny fries clumped together and dunked into your favorite condiment will always hit.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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Feel free to layer this buildable formula for a more dramatic finish without clumping or webbing in the process.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
26 June 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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WikiLeaks is often tarred with a couple of brushes that are not fair or accurate.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Of course, nobody is having more fun than Christopher Lloyd as a conniving Klingon Commander chewing every bit of scenery.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
30 June 2025
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But by the time things got started on Friday night, hockey fans were already chewing on five major stories that had broken in the hours before.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Then came one of the most surprising and dope activations: the Suede men’s experience.—
Kachelle Pratcher,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Still, the rollout, complete with Drake blasting snippets from an Iceman rig truck all over Toronto — was pretty dope.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Generously oil the grates, then add the chicken and cook until the bottom is charred, 5 to 8 minutes.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Forget about the need to remember to oil a chain, constantly check for chain sag, look for wear, and replace sprockets when changing the chain.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
31 May 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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During fermentation, natural enzymes and microorganisms break down the sugars and proteins in the mucilage, modifying the beans’ acidity, sweetness, and overall flavor profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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To be clear, the same can't be said for the rest of the internet, which every April Fools' Day lards its usual mystery blend of fact, rumor and misinformation with, well, still more misinformation — this time in the service of what some allege to be humor.—
Colin Dwyer,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sadly, there are countless more examples like these larding my social media feed and surely those of tens of thousands of others.—
DJ Rosenthal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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