jam
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Add a dollop or two of fig jam.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
She mostly interviews attendees, but the traffic jam had cut into her pregame window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Riw Rakkulchon’s ingenious set, suggestive of both a barn and a cabinet of orchestral wonders, allows “Mexodus” to function simultaneously as a suspenseful dramatic yarn and a jam session.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
While US officials never disclose details, the older Air Force Ones are widely reported to have sophisticated countermeasures that can jam enemy radar and infrared tracking systems.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mama stacked the full boxes of jam jars by the front door.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hostess donuts and cupcakes, it turned out, are surprisingly unlike Smucker jams, peanut butter and coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It is easy to get to and from as the wide avenues surrounding the stadium allow traffic to make their getaway without jams.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The threat of new strikes on south Beirut's suburbs sent people fleeing the densely populated area in huge traffic jams linking the area to the capital city, AFP images showed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
They used to make pickles, squashes, jams, curry powders and canned pineapples.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The series highlights cheerleading’s grueling physical toll, with schedules so jammed one DCC alum describes her teammates sleeping on “dog beds” in the locker room between engagements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
David was one of five children; a tight-knit, loving unit jammed into a tiny terrace in Bradford.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Not helping matters is the fact that Congress already is jammed with several bills that many lawmakers want to pass before the recess.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Beyond a couple of scuff marks and some debris jammed into the treads, our sojourn had left the shoes looking much as they had when I’d first taken them off the shelf.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
But with the bases turned inside, they had to be jammed and tucked against each other.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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While Russia’s military has long been expert at jamming electronic signals, it has yet to match the variety of antidrone defenses that Ukraine has developed during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Wall Street loves an ugly portmanteau, or jamming together of two words in a way that sows confusion, followed closely by dislike.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Federal officials did not disclose the specific nature of the anti-drone jamming and remote grabbing technology that probably would be utilized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Rita Dobrinova, a manager at the Kherson municipal transport company, believes the threat from Russian drones is getting worse, particularly since they started using optic fibre cables, which are immune to jamming.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Then of a sudden he truly hated her guts and Joe’s guts for holding him up, for jamming him back into a corner from which there could apparently be no escape.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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