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

Examples of traffic jam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

This creates a massive traffic jam for lithium ions, which are forced to travel long, winding detours around the edges of the plates just to cross the electrode. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

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