Gridlock
noun
A situation where traffic is so heavy that vehicles cannot move at all.
The accident caused a gridlock during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- cause a gridlock
- stuck in gridlock
noun
A situation where progress or decision making is stopped due to disagreement.
The government is in gridlock over the new reform.
Often appears as...
- political gridlock
- congressional gridlock
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Disapproving
noun
A situation where traffic is so heavy that vehicles cannot move at all.
The accident caused a gridlock during rush hour.
Often appears as...
- cause a gridlock
- stuck in gridlock
noun
A situation where progress or decision making is stopped due to disagreement.
The government is in gridlock over the new reform.
Often appears as...
- political gridlock
- congressional gridlock
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Severe Traffic
Gridlock describes extreme traffic congestion where movement stops completely, not just slow traffic.
Due to the parade, the downtown area was in complete gridlock.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Gridlock usually refers to widespread traffic issues affecting an area, not just one street.
The entire city faced gridlock after the snowstorm.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Delay
Gridlock often implies an unforeseen disruption in traffic flow, leading to frustration.
I was late to the meeting because I got caught in gridlock.
Pro Tip 1/3Severe Traffic
Gridlock describes extreme traffic congestion where movement stops completely, not just slow traffic.
Due to the parade, the downtown area was in complete gridlock.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Gridlock usually refers to widespread traffic issues affecting an area, not just one street.
The entire city faced gridlock after the snowstorm.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Delay
Gridlock often implies an unforeseen disruption in traffic flow, leading to frustration.
I was late to the meeting because I got caught in gridlock.
Pro Tip 1/3Severe Traffic
Gridlock describes extreme traffic congestion where movement stops completely, not just slow traffic.
Due to the parade, the downtown area was in complete gridlock.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Scale
Gridlock usually refers to widespread traffic issues affecting an area, not just one street.
The entire city faced gridlock after the snowstorm.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Delay
Gridlock often implies an unforeseen disruption in traffic flow, leading to frustration.
I was late to the meeting because I got caught in gridlock.
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Ethan Nadelmann: Why we...
and they ask themselves the Why does this kid get to take one step at a time and try to get better and that one's got to deal with jail and police and criminals all the time? So everybody's understanding, the Drug War's not protecting anybody. Certainly in the U.S., you've got political gridlock on most issues.
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A future beyond traffic...
terms of cars it becomes even clearer today there are about a hundred million cars on the road worldwide and but with more people and greater prosperity around the world that numbers going to grow to between two and four billion cars by mid-century and this is going to create the kind of global gridlock that
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The dream we haven't...
a heroic humility that allows us to remove our masks and be real. It is our inability to be with one another, our fear of crying with one another, that gives rise to so many of the problems we are frantically trying to solve in the first place, from Congressional gridlock to economic inhumanity.
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Rory Sutherland: Sweat...
So these questions ... what is happening in the world is the big stuff, actually, is done magnificently well. But the small stuff, what you might call the user interface, is done spectacularly badly. But also, there seems to be a complete sort of gridlock
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Amory Lovins: A 40-year...
Now if you like any of those outcomes, you can support reinventing fire without needing to like all of them and without needing to agree about which of them is most important. So focusing on outcomes, not motives, can turn gridlock and conflict
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A 40-year plan for...
those outcomes you can support reinventing fire without needing to like all of them and without needing to agree about which of them is most important so focusing on outcomes not motives can turn gridlock and conflict into a
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Who controls the world?...
ideologies I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common common ground to be found it would be really great if it has the power to help end the gridlock created by conflicting
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James B. Glattfelder:...
I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common ground to be found. It would be really great if it has the power to help end the gridlock created by conflicting ideas,
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How the world's first...
London, at the time the world’s largest and most prosperous city, was in a permanent state of gridlock, with carts, costermongers, cows, and commuters jamming the roads.
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Zombie Apocalypse...
down below us in a zombie outbreak services would go down the traffic would be a complete gridlock and no one down there the millions of
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Ethan Nadelmann: Why we...
and they ask themselves the Why does this kid get to take one step at a time and try to get better and that one's got to deal with jail and police and criminals all the time? So everybody's understanding, the Drug War's not protecting anybody. Certainly in the U.S., you've got political gridlock on most issues.
Video examples
A future beyond traffic...
terms of cars it becomes even clearer today there are about a hundred million cars on the road worldwide and but with more people and greater prosperity around the world that numbers going to grow to between two and four billion cars by mid-century and this is going to create the kind of global gridlock that
Video examples
The dream we haven't...
a heroic humility that allows us to remove our masks and be real. It is our inability to be with one another, our fear of crying with one another, that gives rise to so many of the problems we are frantically trying to solve in the first place, from Congressional gridlock to economic inhumanity.
Video examples
Rory Sutherland: Sweat...
So these questions ... what is happening in the world is the big stuff, actually, is done magnificently well. But the small stuff, what you might call the user interface, is done spectacularly badly. But also, there seems to be a complete sort of gridlock
Video examples
Amory Lovins: A 40-year...
Now if you like any of those outcomes, you can support reinventing fire without needing to like all of them and without needing to agree about which of them is most important. So focusing on outcomes, not motives, can turn gridlock and conflict
Video examples
A 40-year plan for...
those outcomes you can support reinventing fire without needing to like all of them and without needing to agree about which of them is most important so focusing on outcomes not motives can turn gridlock and conflict into a
Video examples
Who controls the world?...
ideologies I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common common ground to be found it would be really great if it has the power to help end the gridlock created by conflicting
Video examples
James B. Glattfelder:...
I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common ground to be found. It would be really great if it has the power to help end the gridlock created by conflicting ideas,
Video examples
How the world's first...
London, at the time the world’s largest and most prosperous city, was in a permanent state of gridlock, with carts, costermongers, cows, and commuters jamming the roads.
Video examples
Zombie Apocalypse...
down below us in a zombie outbreak services would go down the traffic would be a complete gridlock and no one down there the millions of
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today.
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Steve Bullock
American Politician
The truth is Floridians and Montanans have more in common than you might think. Both are fed up with partisan gridlock in D.C., and look to their state leaders to find common ground, pursue compromise, and move forward solutions that improve the health of their economy, their communities and their residents.
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Roger Ebert
American Critic
One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was designed for gridlock. It was designed to stop massive new laws being passed and voted on daily. It was designed to stop the growth of government.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
I learned something important in my race against Senator Brown: voters want political leaders who are willing to break the partisan gridlock. They want fewer closed-door roadblocks and more public votes on legislation that could improve their lives.
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Andy Cohen
American Producer
Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.
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Andrew Shaffer
American Author
In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock.
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Ted Cruz
American Politician
Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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Patrick Murphy
American Politician
The Citizens United decision dramatically intensified the political gridlock in our country.
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Anthony Foxx
American Politician
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
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William Clay Ford, Jr.
American Businessman
Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today.
Quote examples
Steve Bullock
American Politician
The truth is Floridians and Montanans have more in common than you might think. Both are fed up with partisan gridlock in D.C., and look to their state leaders to find common ground, pursue compromise, and move forward solutions that improve the health of their economy, their communities and their residents.
Quote examples
Roger Ebert
American Critic
One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was designed for gridlock. It was designed to stop massive new laws being passed and voted on daily. It was designed to stop the growth of government.
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Elizabeth Warren
American Public Servant
I learned something important in my race against Senator Brown: voters want political leaders who are willing to break the partisan gridlock. They want fewer closed-door roadblocks and more public votes on legislation that could improve their lives.
Quote examples
Andy Cohen
American Producer
Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.
Quote examples
Andrew Shaffer
American Author
In their political careers, Obama and Biden faced down lobbyists, Tea Party carpetbaggers, and Washington gridlock.
Quote examples
Ted Cruz
American Politician
Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
Quote examples
Patrick Murphy
American Politician
The Citizens United decision dramatically intensified the political gridlock in our country.
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Anthony Foxx
American Politician
Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
Example 1 of 10
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