logjams

plural of logjam
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as in jams
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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Recent Examples of logjams The city has also removed 50 logjams from the Rouge River, Hammoud said. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 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 That could help fix some of the logjams the team has. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for logjams
Noun
  • Inside you’ll find fruit jams and pastes from tangy pineapple and strawberry to pumpkin, fig or even custard.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No hot water baths or pressure canning, the technique uses modern day refrigerators and freezers to store small batches of homemade jams, condiments and spreads, plus chutneys, pickles, relishes and ketchups.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Surveys of developers have consistently found that waiting for quality assurance testing leads to significant bottlenecks in software development.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Annabelle Huang is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company (backed by Founders Fund and Pantera) that focuses on solving execution performance bottlenecks.
    Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The result has been a seemingly endless run of East Washington Street roadwork and traffic snarls from Alabama Street downtown to I-465.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There was talk of traffic snarls and strain on the power grid.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Logjams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logjams. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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