jam up
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Fewer hospital beds can jam up emergency departments with patients—some who grow irate waiting for beds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That lack of juice could jam up the market this year, warns Jordi Visser, head of AI Macro Nexus Research for 22V Research in his latest commentary this weekend.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
The film can jam up the machinery — not only potentially destroying expensive technology but imperiling workers — or, because of its light weight, get sorted into paper waste and contaminate it, making it unsellable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
The county provides felt-tip pens to voters at the polls on Election Day because the pens have quick-drying ink that won’t smudge the ballots or produce wet splotches that jam up onsite tabulators.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
The gate sagged slightly at the house "this way" of the "two jam up against one and 'tother."
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
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