jam
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Spoon about 2 teaspoons of jam into the center of each pastry.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Whether or not New York is your jam, or a place you have escaped from or to, Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy is destined to live on as an American classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Also, they have been using so-called mesh networking technology, which is harder to jam and makes it possible to relay radio signals from drone to drone, thus allowing them to cover longer distances.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
While US officials never disclose details, the older Air Force Ones are widely reported to have sophisticated countermeasures that can jam enemy radar and infrared tracking systems.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nathan grabbed the peanut butter jam, and bread.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"I've had enough of these traffic jams," says Vassiliki Karvela as she finally reaches the local weekly market in her town of 90,000 inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
It is easy to get to and from as the wide avenues surrounding the stadium allow traffic to make their getaway without jams.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
As the World Cup landed in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, international soccer fans have been acquainting themselves with the distinctly American pleasures of barbecue, highway traffic jams and Texas summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
A cluster of people jams the steps leading up to our apartment complex.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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The carriage doors had jammed and would not open, she added.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The area was jammed with theatergoers and construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
“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
Brigit grabbed a knitted square from her desk and jammed it into her pocket, then followed Ella out of the room.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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
He’s been jamming with The Internet again, his collective with childhood friends Syd and Matt Martians, who emerged from the Odd Future nexus to become a pacesetting act for young R&B and hip-hop fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Wall Street loves an ugly portmanteau, or jamming together of two words in a way that sows confusion, followed closely by dislike.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Rita Dobrinova, a manager at the Kherson municipal transport company, believes the threat from Russian drones is getting worse, particularly since they started using optic fibre cables, which are immune to jamming.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Mini handed her a hat and sunglasses before jamming on her own pair.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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