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logjam in
Forestry topic
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
logjam
log‧jam
/
ˈlɒɡdʒæm
$
ˈlɒːɡ-, ˈlɑːɡ-
/
noun
[
countable
]
1
PROBLEM
a situation in which a lot of problems are preventing
progress
from being made
2
TAF
a tightly
packed
mass
of
floating
log
s
on a river
Examples from the Corpus
logjam
•
Reaching the
ridge
, a
logjam
of
bewildered
novices
develops
.
•
Little
wonder
that the
odd
logjam
has formed.
•
This time, I felt sure, the
logjam
was going to move.
•
The
logjam
is
occurring
because of increased demand on the
global
communications
network
.
•
The
logjam
on the
railways
is now playing
havoc
with the national
economy
.
•
Extra
work has been
commissioned
to determine which
highway
links
and
junctions
would need
improvement
to
relieve
any
potential
traffic
logjam
.
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