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
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In the Camp fire in 2018, eight of the 84 people who died were stuck in a traffic jam when the flames roared over them.
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Launched May 24 on Prime Video Spain, the first season of the series hit No. 1 on the platform the day after, with an audience warming to the unexpected, comical and engaging stories that unfold in a huge traffic jam on the outskirts of Madrid.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
In the end, all charges against Scheffler were dropped and the incident was dismissed as a giant misunderstanding amid a chaotic traffic jam.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
This can lead to a traffic jam of initiatives directed at AI project teams—which, in turn, can become hamstrung by data challenges that limit their ability to scale deployments up to full production capacity.
—Liran Zvibel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Launched May 24 on Prime Video Spain, the first season of the series hit No. 1 on the platform the day after, with an audience warming to the unexpected, comical and engaging stories that unfold in a huge traffic jam on the outskirts of Madrid.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
In the end, all charges against Scheffler were dropped and the incident was dismissed as a giant misunderstanding amid a chaotic traffic jam.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
This can lead to a traffic jam of initiatives directed at AI project teams—which, in turn, can become hamstrung by data challenges that limit their ability to scale deployments up to full production capacity.
—Liran Zvibel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for traffic jam
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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