snarl-up

• “In this matter my sympathy is with the former group, if only because the latter tend to be the sort of older fans who always block your view of a last‑minute equaliser when they start leaving early "to avoid the traffic" – though clearly the surest way of preventing yourself from getting caught in a traffic snarl-up is not to go to a football match at all.”

  The Guardian: Sheepskin-wearing seating bores get my goat | Harry Pearson

• “Triggered by road construction, the snarl-up began 10 days ago and was 100 kilometers (60 miles) long at one point.”

  Forbes: China's Traffic Jam Could Last For Weeks

• “Authorities are trying to ease the snarl-up by letting more trucks into the capital, especially at night, said Zhang, the traffic director.”

  Forbes: China's Traffic Jam Could Last For Weeks

• “Triggered by road construction and a flurry of coal deliveries from mines in the northwest, the snarl-up was so bad that truck drivers passed the time playing cards and sleeping on the asphalt beside their vehicles.”

  Forbes: Beijing Faces Worsening Traffic Gridlock

• “Even coming from North Gloucestershire, which is virtually in the West Country, it took an age to get to Cornwall in those days, it being a toss-up between a snarl-up in Bath and a balls-up in Bristol, followed by the traditional jam (without the cream tea) in Okehampton.”

  Cardboard Dreams

• “If he stays on the streets, he'll hit a snarl-up sooner or later.”

  Fleshmarket Close

• “There was a massive snarl-up of traffic on that highway overnight.”

  CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2002

• “There was a major traffic snarl-up on that highway overnight.”

  CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2002

• “It was Boni who had been at the heart of the traffic snarl-up between London and Holland which lasted from 3 August to 12 November last year.”

  between silk and cyanide

• “The Dutch section attributed the entire snarl-up to the natural hazzards of clandestine communication.”

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