gridlocking

verb

present participle of gridlock
as in filling

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  1. filling
  2. packing
  3. congesting
  4. obstructing
  5. clogging
  6. flooding
Verb
  • Yankees star Ben Rice started at first in Kurtz’s place, with Tristan Peters of the Chicago White Sox filling the roster spot vacated by Kurtz.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • His design for Fallingwater therefore suspends the architecture above the fall itself, filling the home constantly with the powerful sound of rushing water.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
Definition of filling
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  • It can only really be described by the faces of anguish and pure joy on the face of English supporters who have watched every second of their team’s campaign this summer – often packing pubs in the earlier hours for the chance to celebrate together.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • This is how they are set up ahead of the corner, with Canada using two zonal markers at the near post and Bosnia packing the six-yard box.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of packing
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  • With other satellites already congesting the orbit, the quiet darkness of the night sky may soon become a luxury of the past.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of congesting
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  • Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent autonomous driving companies a letter saying some cars have been driving through emergency scenes, ignoring flares and traffic cones and obstructing ambulances.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Three other juveniles were arrested on various other charges, such as possessing a firearm, trespassing and obstructing an officer.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
Definition of obstructing
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  • The drug from Merck was OK’d on Thursday for patients with artery-clogging cholesterol that persists even after taking statins, the standard medications for cutting heart attack risk.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Merck’s Lipfendra achieved similar results to injectable treatments, potentially heralding a new era of easier prevention for people wanting to bring down artery-clogging cholesterol.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of clogging
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  • At some point in the mid-1850s, the river Padma suddenly carved a new path through the village of his ancestors in modern-day Bangladesh, flooding their homes and scattering them across the Indian subcontinent.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • Trump weaponized that hostility, emphasizing a narrative of Maduro flooding American streets with fentanyl and mentally ill criminals.
    — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of flooding
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“Gridlocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gridlocking. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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