gridlock
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Nationwide inventory is finally climbing back from recent lows, with a steady influx of new properties hitting the market as the severe seller gridlock of the past few years begins to ease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Demonstrators, many organising online outside of formal representative bodies, have also used convoys on motorways to snarl traffic and tractors to gridlock central Dublin on occasions.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“By distributing traffic amongst multiple locations rather than funneling it all into the central terminal area we can reduce gridlock, improve safety, and give passengers better options on how to get to LAX,” Reich said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
Gualtieri said the vast numbers created a "gridlock" caused by "the famous problem of overtourism".
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
Carriages surrounded newsboys on lower Broad Street to the point that the street was in gridlock as people waited for the release of the second edition.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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