Definition of congest
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Examples of congest in a Sentence
the usual weekend traffic congested the region's highways
Recent Examples of congest from the Web
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The ARB found that greenhouse-gas emissions fell by 1.5m metric tonnes between 2014 and 2015, which is equivalent to removing 300,000 vehicles from California’s (often congested) roads for a year.
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It’s near a streetcar stop and a few blocks south of River Market, which can be horribly congested on Saturday mornings.
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Snag a snack during a detour While avoiding the interstate altogether might avoid major snares, traffic on side routes will be congested with people who had the same idea.
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Snag a snack during a detour While avoiding the interstate altogether might avoid major snares, traffic on side routes will be congested with people who had the same idea.
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With the rapidly expanding capital’s arterial and ring roads congested with traffic, Finnish authorities are willing to try anything that has a realistic prospect of reducing the number of cars, while providing a similar level of convenience.
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Scales doesn't think traffic is congested enough along the corridor to warrant the roundabouts, and she is concerned that area businesses will lose customers if they are built.
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Congested cities in other parts of the world, such as Los Angeles and Jakarta, are future possibilities, Voom says.
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The vast majority of those miles, 66.5 to be exact, are routinely congested.
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Origin and Etymology of congest
Latin congestus, past participle of congerere to bring together, from com- + gerere to bear
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