Examples of jam-up in a Sentence
knowing that there was a big traffic jam-up ahead, we took the detour that the locals always use
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Without enough beds for continuing care outside the hospital, the jam-up ripples back to that ER hallway.
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Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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Tom Wolzien, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Jam-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jam-up. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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