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It has freezer jam, bright and almost indecently cheerful, a small rebellion against the end of fruit season.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Lunch is followed by afternoon tea, including Welsh cakes and bara brith, a Welsh bread, with raspberry lime jam and lemon curd.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Local authorities' abilities have been expanded to jam and intercept these devices, and dozens of local police officers serving in the 11 US host cities have received specialized training at an FBI training center.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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

Even at Swanburne, a birthday girl might sometimes get a spoonful of jam in her porridge.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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

Nonetheless, the Swiss authorities began closing 25 of the 35 road crossings on Thursday ahead of the protest and the summit, causing traffic jams in both directions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

As the World Cup landed in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, international soccer fans have been acquainting themselves with the distinctly American pleasures of barbecue, highway traffic jams and Texas summers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Rooms are being constructed in the cellar, gradually and with a lot of hammering and sawing, in my father’s spare time: a darkroom, a storeroom for jars and jellies and jams.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The area was jammed with theatergoers and construction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The avenue is jammed on weekends, a rare artery of late-night action surrounded by streets abandoned to stray dogs as midnight approaches.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

“A lot of time they’re jammed together by some critics and the artists reject the name and the association. But think about Patti Smith and Sam Shepard. Did you know they dated for a while?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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

She spotted a purple house with a garden jammed full of plants and intricate sculptures.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

They can also access the Starlink satellite network to connect to operators over longer distances, a system that is also more resistant to jamming by Russian forces.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

In recent weeks, Hezbollah has increasingly relied on fiber-optic drones — which are both low-cost and impervious to jamming — to harass Israeli positions.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

When improvements in typewriters eliminated the problem of jamming, trials in 1932 with an efficiently laid-out keyboard showed that it would let us double our typing speed and reduce our typing effort by 95 percent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond