gridlocking

present participle of gridlock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gridlocking
Verb
  • Reduce overall soil needs in a large container by filling the bottom of the pot with empty milk jugs or aluminum cans.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Known for their high-energy performances and irresistible grooves, April and the Funk Junkies have become a San Diego favorite, filling dance floors with their mix of funk, soul, pop, and rock classics.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Just having your movie associated with IMAX or other PLFs gives it some prestige, and the studio exec agreed there’s no denying that audiences are voting with their wallet to get the higher quality experience, packing seats at the highest price point first before other cheaper showings fill up.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Shoe bags do for shoes what packing cubes and vacuum seal bags do for clothing, keeping the contents of your luggage neat and organized.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The signature ingredient, however, is the brand’s plum complex—the sister founders of Le Prunier use materials from their family’s century-old plum farm—to support collagen production, skin barrier health, and hydration without congesting pores.
    Emily Orofino, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • America does not need more trucks congesting roads in large population centers.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Salah was convicted in April on one count of planting the hoax bomb and another count of obstructing the free exercise of religion.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan is facing federal charges for allegedly obstructing agents trying to arrest an undocumented immigrant.
    John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This prevents the drains from clogging up and causing floods.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The attorney general’s office said that plastic retail bags comprise much of the waste that is polluting California’s ecosystems and clogging its waterways.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Theories range from the Edmund Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the safety net designed to financially protect homeowners from flooding sits frozen amid the government shutdown.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Gridlocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gridlocking. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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