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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New Orleans is a town where a trombone can cause a traffic jam, and a sousaphone can lure a thousand people into the streets.
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Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Prior to a traffic jam, the vehicle will slow down, but its driver could be compelled to override the system to shorten the distance between the car ahead.
—Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
There were no signs directing guests where to park, which resulted in a traffic jam at the old Terminal 1.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Prior to a traffic jam, the vehicle will slow down, but its driver could be compelled to override the system to shorten the distance between the car ahead.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Prior to a traffic jam, the vehicle will slow down, but its driver could be compelled to override the system to shorten the distance between the car ahead.
—Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
There were no signs directing guests where to park, which resulted in a traffic jam at the old Terminal 1.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Prior to a traffic jam, the vehicle will slow down, but its driver could be compelled to override the system to shorten the distance between the car ahead.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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