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Recent Examples of gum
Kelli Acciardo, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
Each set has two pre-spoons ideal for purées, doubling as a teether for sore gums, and an open-channel spoon for gripping to soft solids.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Carl Hulse, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, the Heat exploited him, pushing Porzingis off his spots, baiting him into foul trouble and knocking away his entry passes, all the while gumming up any action involving the seven-footer.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
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Noun
But this can actually result in cutting the fibers that hold the gum tissue to the root of the tooth, resulting in gum recession and pain because the gums protect the tooth structures and bone beneath the gum line.
—Kelli Acciardo, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
Each set has two pre-spoons ideal for purées, doubling as a teether for sore gums, and an open-channel spoon for gripping to soft solids.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
Earlier this week, the president-elect warned Senate Republicans not to allow Democrats to gum up the confirmation works.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Instead, the Heat exploited him, pushing Porzingis off his spots, baiting him into foul trouble and knocking away his entry passes, all the while gumming up any action involving the seven-footer.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
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So anyway, rather than wasting an episode or two on Peter Parker trying out makeshift suits or learning to master his goo and whatnot, things pick up three months later with Peter in the earliest stages of super-heroism.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once Sharon was inside, an employee soaked her hands and nails, then slathered them with goos, gels and paints.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
9 Dec. 2024
Verb
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View 1 Images Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
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A couple of passes allow Fernandes to get forward as Maguire retreats, but his options are limited by the positioning of United’s attackers, who are clumped up together.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The final few months of the race saw multiple Best Picture hopefuls tarred by one online controversy or another, from The Brutalist’s use of AI to Anora star Mikey Madison forgoing an intimacy coordinator.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2025
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For a half-century, Republicans have tarred them as soft on crime.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Young dogs and puppies are especially notorious for their curiosity and tendency to chew on anything in sight.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Help your gut out by chewing your food properly, especially raw vegetables, which take a bit more effort for our bodies to digest.—
Georgia Day,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2025
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The arts scene in the city is a major factor and so to be apart of that scene that is putting on events, playing dope shows and music is something that gives me lot of pride.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s the loneliness of the long-distance dope fiend.—
Henry Everingham,
SPIN,
17 Oct. 2024
Verb
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After it was repaired and returned to the museum, in 2001, visitors complained that the painting had lost its shimmer: the restorer seemed to have covered Newman’s careful combination of magenta and sienna oils in a thick shell of acrylic house paint.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Cleaning, sharpening, and oiling metal tools preps them for their best performance and ease of use.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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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
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The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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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This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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