traffic jam
Example Sentences
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Car radios were still uncommon, but one afternoon, the airborne commander spent 20 minutes chewing out a Sunday driver he saw weaving and dodging through a traffic jam in Queens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They were heading towards the Chinese border when they became stuck in what they thought was a traffic jam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The aerial shot of a traffic jam in ’70s Manhattan looks like some fastidious kid’s Matchbox collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
“Or, ‘If I have to sit five more minutes in this traffic jam, I’ll simply explode’?”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
