jam
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He said as Morrison was leaving at the end of their jam session he said: "Nice voice, nice songs, blah, blah, blah."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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
The risk of relying on one artery for so much trade was underscored after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the bridge was temporarily closed and trucks idled in a miles-long traffic jam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Add a dollop or two of fig jam.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
We would stand in our ten-deep ranks with our hands trembling at our sides, longing to jam them against our ears, to make the sounds stop.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Frederic Tavitian, a 70-year-old retiree, who lives about 50 kilometres away, said it took him about four hours to get to the shelter because of the traffic jams.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hostess donuts and cupcakes, it turned out, are surprisingly unlike Smucker jams, peanut butter and coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Another Antiguan producer, Novella Payne, who cooks up a range of sauces, syrups and jams under her Granma Aki label, agrees.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Mama was gathering up her blue metal cash box and getting her crates of jams and jellies and baskets ready to go.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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Before he jammed with rock icons, McCreary was mentored by the late, iconic Elmer Bernstein for nearly the last decade of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
David was one of five children; a tight-knit, loving unit jammed into a tiny terrace in Bradford.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Not helping matters is the fact that Congress already is jammed with several bills that many lawmakers want to pass before the recess.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
With access to the satellite images, his team didn’t have to rely on surveillance drones that can be expensive and are more easily jammed or shot down by the Russians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
They lined both sides of the street and were jammed up so close together it looked like you couldn’t have driven a nail between them.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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London also announced it will share with Kyiv the intellectual property behind a new battle-tested electronic jamming capability it has dubbed "Stone Cloak".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The technology could have advanced applications in space exploration and wars where GPS jamming is prevalent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Officials say the integrated system should give troops more time to consider a different mix of interceptors, lasers and electronic jamming techniques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
From a tactical standpoint, the fort is unlikely to deter Hezbollah’s new crop of attack drones, which rely on fiber-optic cables and are impervious to jamming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Nobody on their team was jamming or making any special moves.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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