traffic jam
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traffic jams
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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
Residents have also physically blocked entry into the charging stations, or stopped their cars to cause a traffic jam of autonomous vehicles, a tactic some residents have taken to calling “stacking the Waymos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
During that time, there has been a direct line from the world's biggest traffic jam to rising petrol and diesel prices, higher airfares and swelling mortgage rates around the globe.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Overloaded trucks and buses stall in a traffic jam as thousands of civilians and military personnel flee from Hue to Da Nang as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces advance, 1975.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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