traffic jam
noun
: a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly
stuck in a traffic jam
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On the Warriors’ front, this loss drags them back into a traffic jam in the middle of the conference.
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
SUVs caused a traffic jam on the main road to the hall.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
In simpler terms, a DDoS attack is like a traffic jam on a highway that prevents regular traffic from reaching its destination.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
In the Camp fire in 2018, eight of the 84 people who died were stuck in a traffic jam when the flames roared over them.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
SUVs caused a traffic jam on the main road to the hall.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
In simpler terms, a DDoS attack is like a traffic jam on a highway that prevents regular traffic from reaching its destination.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
In the Camp fire in 2018, eight of the 84 people who died were stuck in a traffic jam when the flames roared over them.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for traffic jam
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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