traffic jam
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- traffic-jammed adjective
Example Sentences
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In December 2025, a large power outage in San Francisco led Waymo taxis to stop working around the city, causing huge traffic jams.
From BBC
"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
"It's not like a traffic jam that becomes chaotic."
From BBC
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
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