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logjams

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plural of logjam

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as in bottlenecks

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 halts

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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“Logjams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logjams. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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