as in stopping (up)
to prevent passage through by filling with something
pipes gummed up with cooking grease
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An officer may direct you out of the Express Lanes, too, into the general lanes if there is a collision blocking traffic.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Thuney himself was credited with zero sacks allowed in 643 regular-season pass-blocking snaps, the most by any player without a sack allowed, according to Next Gen Stats.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Also, the amount of sunlight that reaches an area can change dramatically over the growing season, so re-check every week or so to make sure nothing is obstructing access to sunlight.—
Kerry Michaels,
The Spruce,
5 Feb. 2026
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Indeed, some emergency routes have huge mountains of snowy ice chunks obstructing more than one lane of the road because the snowplows could not move the snow to the side of the road due to all of the bike lane obstacles .—
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Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Gumming (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gumming%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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