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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Courtney Heels, a reporter with local news channel CP24, shared a video of the scene showing multiple police vehicles and a traffic jam.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
This year’s edition kicked off with a big ol’ traffic jam.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
More than 50,000 residents and summer vacationers at the southern end of Lake Tahoe were evacuated, creating an unprecedented traffic jam.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
On the Warriors’ front, this loss drags them back into a traffic jam in the middle of the conference.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
This year’s edition kicked off with a big ol’ traffic jam.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
More than 50,000 residents and summer vacationers at the southern end of Lake Tahoe were evacuated, creating an unprecedented traffic jam.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
On the Warriors’ front, this loss drags them back into a traffic jam in the middle of the conference.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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