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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Ideal for kids ages five and up, this traffic jam game encourages critical thinking.
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Don’t get in your car and try to drive away from the hazardous area — evacuating by car could create a traffic jam.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Everything’s connected; a breakdown in any lane creates a spiritual traffic jam.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
The bigger icebergs get stuck on the sill, and other icebergs pile up behind them, in a great glacial traffic jam.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Don’t get in your car and try to drive away from the hazardous area — evacuating by car could create a traffic jam.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Everything’s connected; a breakdown in any lane creates a spiritual traffic jam.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
The bigger icebergs get stuck on the sill, and other icebergs pile up behind them, in a great glacial traffic jam.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.
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