jam
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After years of quiet streets, "there was even a small traffic jam," she smiled.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
My go-to host gifts are: things people can have the next day, like my favorite granola and a bag of coffee or jam and a wonderful bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
U.K. law allows only police and prison officers to jam or bring down a drone in a public space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Then he induced Ronald Acuña Jr. to ground out to second to escape the jam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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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Adding a restroom to Lake Hollywood Park might help, but it won’t fix the traffic jams that make her anxious about fire access.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Traffic jams weren’t a major concern, since most park visitors were locals taking their dogs out for walks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Osypenko, the seamstress, said she would not get home because of the traffic jams.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The attacks have caused massive delays to train services around the country and traffic jams in Kyiv as the citizens have had to flee to shelters throughout the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I reach into my pocket, and a metal spike jams into my thumb.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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State-backed companies are flooding the region with cash, tourism pumped $50 billion into the local economy last year, and shopping malls are jammed with Western brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Naval vessels sometimes communicate with other ships via lasers that can’t be jammed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
His previous U.N. speeches have been jammed with bluster and bunkum, but none more so than this one.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Rams went into training camp with a roster jammed with stars and other notable players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
But with the bases turned inside, they had to be jammed and tucked against each other.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Using Starlink, Ukrainian drones are able to maintain stronger connections with operators over longer distances than conventional radio networks and are less vulnerable to jamming.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The source added that jamming Starlink signals -- a crucial potential tactic to disrupt communications -- is very difficult and consumes a lot of energy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
During air raids, GPS jamming means phone navigation apps often don’t work properly, posing a problem for many taxi drivers.
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
With one foot jamming the brake pedal to the floor and the other just as resolutely stomping on the gas, Durham’s civic engine roared deafeningly—but it did not budge from the starting line.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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