jam
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Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Classic rock and jam bands like the Eagles and Dead & Co. largely use Sphere’s A/V capabilities as a psychedelic background to stately tunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
I turned perhaps $50 worth of produce into dried fruit, jam and an apricot pie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The union does not want the promise of jam tomorrow, but some instant sweeteners.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
There was a large slab of ham, two eggs, fried potatoes, hot biscuits, butter, and strawberry jam.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Osypenko, the seamstress, said she would not get home because of the traffic jams.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
That’s where she became the first woman to host “The Original Quiet Storm,” a program of “soulful slow jams and romantic melodies” that recently celebrated 50 years of being on air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
LA local news stations regularly break into live programming to broadcast high-speed police pursuits from the air, fly over wildfires and show accidents, protests, and holiday traffic jams in often unscripted, real-time aerials.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s no happenstance that Brian Moynihan regularly jams “gainsay,” “concomitant” and “fantods” into otherwise ordinary sentences in analyst calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Perhaps I think that by speaking the words, they will prove true, and I will turn to see Darin flirting with girls, Nan hawking her jams, and Pop dealing, ever gently, with overly worried patients.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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His previous U.N. speeches have been jammed with bluster and bunkum, but none more so than this one.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
This part of the book has a pat feel to it, with square pegs occasionally jammed into round holes to support the author’s argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Everything was packed here for when the research missions were supposed to come back,” Al-Sanusi said, as Al-Abideen heaved a jammed container door open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
These transits involve vessels whose exact route cannot be confirmed due to insufficient data stemming from disabled transponders, jammed signals or missing satellite imagery.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“But there was a track fire, and the N was jammed up for ages. Look, it’s on the MTA website and everything.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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In 2015, with jamming and cyberattacks no longer hypothetical, the Navy put the subject back on the syllabus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“John walks into the Homeboy Art Academy,” he wrote, “and starts jamming as the homies are playing ‘Stand By Me.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Drones with autonomous functions reduce their dependence on communications links and can continue despite jamming and other forms of electronic warfare.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
That night the people were jamming, shaking, moving.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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