logjam
an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
any blockage or massive accumulation: a logjam of bills before Congress.
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How to use logjam in a sentence
We’re seeing an astronomical rise in shipping rates, a dramatic lengthening of transit times and a logjam of cargo at every port.
How the delta variant stole Christmas: Empty shelves, long waits — and yes, higher prices | Abha Bhattarai | September 1, 2021 | Washington PostThough short on money, the proposed infrastructure bill does address approval logjams.
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill is a baby step toward the US grid we need | James Temple | August 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAdam Piore examines why brilliant ideas that should succeed sometimes get stuck, and how a crisis like covid-19 may help break the logjam.
The Kingston spill broke a long-standing logjam in Washington.
A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs | by Max Blau for Georgia Health News | November 24, 2020 | ProPublicaYet this minuscule improvement breaks through both a theoretical logjam and a psychological one.
Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record | Erica Klarreich | October 8, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
But what he could not answer was how he would break the political logjam in Congress.
Congress Cooperates, Obama Pushes Hard, and Closing Gitmo Has a Chance | Daniel Klaidman | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the story that broke the logjam, "Birthday Boy" is a fascinating read.
What the Leaked J.D. Salinger Stories Reveal About the Author | Andrew Romano | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut with a bipartisan alliance of radicals in Washington, the logjam of political dysfunction will finally be broken.
If you let somebody logjam the process, then it becomes a big problem at the end.
Denny Hastert Disses the ‘Hastert Rule’: It ‘Never Really Existed’ | Eleanor Clift | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd he had broken ground on Porto Açu, a massive deepwater port meant to break the logjam of Brazilian shipping.
The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista | Mac Margolis | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRather wud I have perished in a logjam thin to've indured this ingratichood.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War | Finley Peter Dunne
British Dictionary definitions for log jam
blockage caused by the crowding together of a number of logs floating in a river
a deadlock; standstill
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