traffic jam
noun
: a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly
stuck in a traffic jam
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The Hoenikker character, who abandons his car in a traffic jam one day and walks the rest of the way to work, and well, here's a snippet from the audio version of Cat's Cradle, told from the point of view of one of Hoenikker’s/Langmuir’s children.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
One overnight traffic jam links strangers’ romances, crimes and breakdowns, each episode following a different trapped driver.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
During the busiest days, this can lead to a traffic jam of pedestrians around the plaza.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
On Telegraph Road, south of Maple, CBS News Detroit saw multiple trucks stalled in the middle of the road, causing a traffic jam miles long behind them.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
One overnight traffic jam links strangers’ romances, crimes and breakdowns, each episode following a different trapped driver.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
During the busiest days, this can lead to a traffic jam of pedestrians around the plaza.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
On Telegraph Road, south of Maple, CBS News Detroit saw multiple trucks stalled in the middle of the road, causing a traffic jam miles long behind them.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Traffic jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20jam. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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