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jam

[jam] / dʒæm /




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“To get out of a bases-loaded jam, get your first punchout, just excited for him. He deserves that.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

The whole time, Jake was hoping his big brain would come up with a way out of this jam.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Traffic jams dominate headlines and social media, pushing authorities to keep vehicles moving.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon Aug. 4, 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

Everybody just referred to her pickles and jams as Sosha’s Tender Mango, or Sosha’s Bananajam.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Those included a residential sliding glass door popping out of its frame, shifting entry gates that jammed shut, and an increase in water leaking through the garage ceiling hours before the final collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The carriage doors had jammed and would not open, she added.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The avenue is jammed on weekends, a rare artery of late-night action surrounded by streets abandoned to stray dogs as midnight approaches.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

“A lot of time they’re jammed together by some critics and the artists reject the name and the association. But think about Patti Smith and Sam Shepard. Did you know they dated for a while?”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Fires raged and the roads out of Saigon were jammed with refugees and water buffaloes pulling overloaded carts and crying children searching for parents and retreating South Vietnamese soldiers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Their presence gives “The Terminal Crew of Dudes” an intimacy that feels less like a comedy special and more like friends jamming and trying to make each other laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

So can radio-frequency jamming and electronic warfare systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

“I remember one time he invited us to Sunset Sound in the middle of the night. We get there and we’re jamming, then suddenly we look around and he’s disappeared. ‘

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

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

Everyone was jamming together, singing songs: Dad’s songs, Adam’s songs, old Clash songs, old Wipers songs.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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