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as in jam
a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement
the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look
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as in halt
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in
efforts to break the logjam in the talks between union and management
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Recent Examples of logjam
Now that top prospect Owen Caissie has arrived in the majors, though, there's more of a logjam than ever before.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Divers planned to search Icicle Creek to reach areas where logjams had previously barred dive teams, while other investigators conducted a grid search in a quarter-mile radius around the campground, officials said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, the Yankees did not want to create a logjam for their top prospects, thus trading for a stopgap shortstop option in Isiah Kiner-Falefa, despite Kiner-Falefa being a primary third baseman.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The logjam has Hall pointing his finger at Democratic lawmakers who, in turn, have routinely blasted Hall as uncooperative.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Divers planned to search Icicle Creek to reach areas where logjams had previously barred dive teams, while other investigators conducted a grid search in a quarter-mile radius around the campground, officials said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Instead, the Yankees did not want to create a logjam for their top prospects, thus trading for a stopgap shortstop option in Isiah Kiner-Falefa, despite Kiner-Falefa being a primary third baseman.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The logjam has Hall pointing his finger at Democratic lawmakers who, in turn, have routinely blasted Hall as uncooperative.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for logjam
Noun
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If fries aren’t your jam, all four meat options — chicken, lamb, steak and falafel — are available as a standard gyro wrapped in a pita bread or as a platter with rice.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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That roster includes dishes like foie gras truffle with charred onion jam and a house croissant; a wild boar belly and antelope with pistachio, fermented harissa, and yogurt; and an Asian pear sorbet with aloe sabayon and ginger tapioca.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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But just as the journey was about to begin, COVID-19 forced everything to a halt.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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At Walt Disney World in Orlando free buses from the airport to its on-site hotels ground to a halt along with contactless room keys which came in the form of collectable wristbands.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite being given an injection of serum rushed from state laboratories in Albany, a bronchoscopy procedure to clear the congestion in his lungs, and three blood transfusions, Wallace passed away a few days later, with his wife and two young children at his bedside.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Even mild asthma exacerbations such as coughing or congestion can disrupt a child’s and family’s daily routines.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ceasefire talks ended in deadlock in July.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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On June 30, three months into the standoff, the Missouri Senate Insurance and Banking Committee called the two sides in for a hearing that broke months of deadlock and prompted new proposals from Anthem.—
Bram Sable-Smith,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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One of the bottlenecks in frequency comb technology has been the high energy required for spectral broadening.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Supply chain bottlenecks could emerge if domestic production cannot keep pace with demand.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These days, Disney and Universal have teams of employees who sit in front of computers and security-camera feeds in offices inside the parks, keeping an eye on wait times and gridlock.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, a $125 million state trust fund created for the purpose of helping communities in Brockway's position sits untapped, stuck in partisan gridlock in Madison, Laura Schulte reports.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In Pennsylvania, lawmakers have still not broken out of the impasse, spelling financial distress for schools and counties that rely particularly heavily on state funding.—
Isabella Volmert,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Big names in new places Just last season, the Colorado Avalanche reached an impasse with their leading scorer, star forward Mikko Rantanen, who was in the final year of his contract with the team.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Logjam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logjam. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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