traffic jam
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Sivaranjani Muthunathan was travelling by bus with 56 others towards the Chinese border when they became stuck in what they thought was a traffic jam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Residents have also physically blocked entry into the charging stations, or stopped their cars to cause a traffic jam of autonomous vehicles, a tactic some residents have taken to calling “stacking the Waymos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
She mostly interviews attendees, but the traffic jam had cut into her pregame window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
During that time, there has been a direct line from the world's biggest traffic jam to rising petrol and diesel prices, higher airfares and swelling mortgage rates around the globe.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
A combine harvester'd made a slow traffic jam from Malvern Wells.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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