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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Readers send photos, texts and tweets to the paper and offer their own take on the news in real time, from the scene of a traffic jam, from the Capitol, from Bronco Stadium.
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Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
In a traffic jam on the 10 and in the solitude of Sequoia.
—Kate Franco, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The traffic jam spread onto surface streets and other freeways, already congested during the afternoon rush hour, adding several hours onto many people’s commutes.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
This repels other migrating ions, acting like a traffic jam at the most important internal junctions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
In a traffic jam on the 10 and in the solitude of Sequoia.
—Kate Franco, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The traffic jam spread onto surface streets and other freeways, already congested during the afternoon rush hour, adding several hours onto many people’s commutes.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
This repels other migrating ions, acting like a traffic jam at the most important internal junctions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 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 20 Dec. 2025.
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