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1
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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2
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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“Logjam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logjam. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of logjam was in 1885
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