log jam

noun

1. blockage caused by the crowding together of a number of logs floating in a river

2. a deadlock; standstill

Example Sentences

As well as dealing with the “log jam” in the crown courts, he said it would mean that “justice is speeded up and that’s good for victims, witnesses and defenders”.

From BBC

“It made a difference in my life. It began to move the log jam of my old consciousness,” Blum recalled of his first psychedelic experience.

From Slate

Much of the log jam comes from patients who are medically ready to leave hospital but who can't get home because the right social care is unavailable.

From BBC

His pontoon boat was discovered in a log jam roughly a mile upstream.

From Seattle Times

Carolina brought back defenseman Tony DeAngelo following his buyout by Philadelphia and could look to trade Brett Pesce or Brady Skjei to clear a blue-line log jam.

From Seattle Times