log jam
Britishnoun
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blockage caused by the crowding together of a number of logs floating in a river
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a deadlock; standstill
Example Sentences
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Harley Bassman, the former head of mortgage operations at Merrill Lynch who pens the Convexity Maven blog, contends the “housing log jam” could be broken by allowing “portability” of outstanding mortgages.
From Barron's
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
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
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