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as in clogging
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as in jumbling
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If these contaminants aren’t removed, the continuous buildup can lead to clogging in your fuel system.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Considering the current Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy craze clogging social media, nods to minimalistic beauty aren’t totally surprising.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sullivan tried this against Toronto, jumbling the top-six group in the second period.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Churches began filling up, both with people seeking answers in God and as a place for children to safely play, Brown said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Slowly, as historic Art Deco buildings are renovated, Ocean Drive’s porches are filling up with colorful cafe umbrellas and youthful crowds.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Impeding and disrupting the performance of official duties of government employees.—
Julia Coin
February 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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Alarm over health harms accelerates Concern over the risks of flame retardants, heavy metals, pesticides and endocrine-disrupting chemicals that mimic hormones in the body has been growing as more studies point to serious health impacts.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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Tariffs are taxes burdening the movement of goods while imposing inefficiencies into the marketplace.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Because there is a balance to be struck between preventing fraud, such as voter impersonation (as uncommon as that may be), and burdening eligible voters with undue restrictions that can ultimately discourage them from voting.—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Feb. 2026
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Ken Holland, general manager, B Holland arrived on the scene of a muddling franchise that had lost four straight first-round series to the same opponent.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The new estimate was based on accounting for some of those muddling data points.—
Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bathroom Items The start of a new season is a good time to sort through everything that has been piling up in your bathroom over the last few months, Duckwork explains.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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Now, after a series of spending hikes and tax cuts, deficits are piling up year after year, and the Congressional Budget Office expects federal debt to hit a historic high of 120% of America’s gross domestic product by 2035.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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The shuffling sound quickened and the puzzlers’ hands sped up.—
Lia Picard,
AJC.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Some line shuffling by Warsofsky worked.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Cluttering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluttering. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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