traffic jam
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"I've been travelling for three hours... to get to work," said Tetiana Osypenko, a 49-year-old seamstress whose bus was stuck in a traffic jam.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
That photo of the traffic jam went viral and sparked a conversation about dangerous overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The aerial shot of a traffic jam in ’70s Manhattan looks like some fastidious kid’s Matchbox collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"But we don't yet know whether the action that starts the ridge just isn't happening or whether the traffic jam afterward isn't happening," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
She had gotten to the convention center much later than she’d planned, due to an unprecedented traffic jam on the highway.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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