How to Use logjam in a Sentence
logjam
noun- He was called in to try to break the logjam in the negotiations.
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In the last few years the logjam on lead seemed to break.
— Michael K. McIntyre, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2019 -
Noh fired the low round of the week with a 66 to join the logjam atop the leaderboard.
— Dallas News, 5 Dec. 2020 -
There was a bit of a logjam and Joseph was the odd man out.
— Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024 -
In the East, though, there’s a logjam at the top, with three squads tied at 3-2.
— Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2020 -
The trade clears up a logjam at point guard for the Pistons.
— Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021 -
Both teams are 5-4 and in a logjam of nine teams with five wins.
— Scott Patsko, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021 -
There's a logjam at shortstop in the AL, and the NL bullpen is loaded.
— Mike Fitzpatrick, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018 -
That may be a wing dam, rock pile, roller dam apron, or a logjam.
— M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024 -
Whether that's enough to break a logjam remains to be seen.
— Manu Raju, Jessica Dean and Paula Reid, CNN, 11 May 2021 -
Last year and thus far in the preseason, Hintz has played on the half-wall, but the Stars face a logjam there now.
— Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2022 -
But my goal, at the time, was to do what was necessary to get the aid released, to break the logjam.
— Emily Tillett, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2019 -
The city even turned to outside service providers to try to break the permit logjam.
— Steve Brown, Dallas News, 4 June 2021 -
Forward logjam This will be something to keep an eye on the rest of the summer.
— Scott Bordow, azcentral, 22 June 2018 -
Osius gives Rieser much of the credit for breaking the logjam.
— George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022 -
One logjam that could be broken is in the coach’s section.
— Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 14 July 2019 -
But owners and experts warn that the ports are just one part of the supply chain logjam.
— NBC News, 13 Oct. 2021 -
Still, the setback slowed work and forced them to retrace their steps to clear the logjam, the monitors said.
— Drew Kann, ajc, 19 July 2022 -
The goal for all the teams in this Eastern Conference logjam is to avoid the seventh seed.
— BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021 -
Which is why there’s a lot of talk about a general election to break the logjam.
— Jen Kirby, Vox, 23 July 2019 -
He was caught in a logjam in the secondary and appeared briefly in two games last season.
— Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 -
The result is a logjam of demand for venues and services.
— Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 11 May 2021 -
Six defensive ends is quite the logjam, and the team is light elsewhere.
— Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020 -
Most callers dialed the agency at least 10 times — which added to the logjam.
— Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021 -
The obvious goal is to ease the postgame traffic logjam along Route 1.
— Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019 -
And the chief reason for the contractual logjam is that the team has hit on draft picks and, thus, has guys to pay.
— Albert Breer, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2019 -
Zarif’s visit appeared to be a gambit to break the logjam.
— Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019 -
The two started to head east for the exit but Alex could see a logjam beginning and called them to the top of the stands and told them to jump.
— Steven Goode, courant.com, 25 June 2019 -
Yet more than 7,000 people each day still opt to wait to speak to a person, creating a logjam that's only expected to worsen over the coming weeks and months.
— Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025 -
West Elementary logjam has forced parents to use shoulders and bike lanes as part of the roadway during arrival and dismissal times.
— Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
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