traffic jam

Example Sentences

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Like a traffic jam, even a small blockage in a single sea lane can snarl backward long after the wreckage clears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"But we don't yet know whether the action that starts the ridge just isn't happening or whether the traffic jam afterward isn't happening," he said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Fleeing patrons seemed to have caused a traffic jam while crossing a nearby street from the mall.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

“While the market has been caught in quite a traffic jam of negativity lately, its uptrend, while stalled, is far from derailed,” said Eric Clark, chief investment officer at the Accuvest Global Advisors investment group.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

Yet the city always seems to be one big traffic jam.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung