jam
Example Sentences
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He made a side-to-side move at the rim on his penultimate attempt, then sprinted the length of the court and soared for a windmill jam on his last effort.
From Los Angeles Times
The same forces that produce traffic jams and market bubbles—congestion, imperfect information, coordination failures—are at work here too, only with candles.
The show opens with Snoopy traveling from his fictional cartoon town to a rehearsal where Dangerously gifts him a tambourine to join their jam.
From Los Angeles Times
Radio signals can also be jammed, so incoming drones lose direction or go out of control.
From Barron's
People are not going to start quickly pickling onions and making chili jams, but they will grab an exciting bottle of mayonnaise and let it do the heavy lifting.
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