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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Another main feature of August is the three-way traffic jam that’s forming between Venus in Libra, Mars in Cancer, and Saturn in Aries. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026 Regulators slowed fleet expansion this spring after roughly 100 Apollo Go cars froze mid-route in Wuhan and the resulting autonomous traffic jam went viral on Chinese social media. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 And because each visitor receives a different itinerary, travelers have the opportunity to see something unique and beautiful without getting stuck in a traffic jam. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026 Waymo vehicles were involved in a giant traffic jam on Independence Day in San Francisco. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 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 3 Aug. 2026.

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