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traffic jam

noun as in traffic tie-up

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But there was a traffic jam not far ahead, and the driver cursed in Russian as he pulled the sweating team to a hard stop.

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The planet's strong gravitational pull generated ripples throughout the disk, creating what they describe as "cosmic traffic jams" that kept small particles from falling into the sun.

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Claiming there’s a national emergency, the soldiers command everyone to pack up their vehicles and exit in an orderly traffic jam.

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But to spend less than $1,000, I knew this strategy wouldn’t work, since ride-shares, especially with the surge pricing that traffic jams trigger, would devour my budget.

On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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