traffic jam
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- traffic-jammed adjective
Example Sentences
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Menchaca, a landscaper, had landed in the middle of a traffic jam sparked by Los Angeles’ latest referendum on itself.
From Los Angeles Times
Chaotic scenes followed of panicked passers-by, parents scrambling to retrieve their children from school, queues at bakeries and endless traffic jams.
From Barron's
Huge traffic jams formed on main roads heading north and south as panicked residents complied with the unprecedented blanket order covering the area.
From BBC
In the more upmarket north of Tehran, many residents appeared to have left, with the meowing of cats and birdsong replacing the usual din of traffic jams.
From Barron's
The Red Cross was deployed to help those stuck in traffic jams in the state of Styria, where a motoring organisation described the roads as "virtually inaccessible to private vehicles".
From BBC
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