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jam

[jam] / dʒæm /




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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

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

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

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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