Synonyms for logjam
ˈlɔgˌdʒæm, ˈlɒg-log·jam

Princeton's WordNet

1. logjamnoun

   any stoppage attributable to unusual activity

   "the legislation ran into a logjam"

2. logjamnoun

   an immovable mass of logs blocking a river

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1. • Mass
   • Stoppage

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1. List of paraphrases for "logjam":

   impasse, deadlock, stalemate, jam, stagnation

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1. Hamid Biglari:

   I came to the conclusion that this was real and that the time had come to break through this logjam that had existed for so long, if this opportunity goes by we will always regret it.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   There is no doubt about it: it’s time to clear the runway for President Biden’s choice for FAA administrator, Phil Washington. With recent events, including airline troubles and last week’s tech problem, this agency needs a leader confirmed by the Senate immediately, i intend to break this logjam, work to hold a hearing for Mr. Washington, where he can detail his experience and answer questions and then work towards a speedy Senate confirmation.

3. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   They bought the machine, they have the machine, they have the test, but they need the reagents to do a higher volume of tests, that's the logjam we are in.

4. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards:

   While extremely upsetting, this increase in COVID-19 cases appears to be less a sign of new exponential growth and more a sign of a logjam from commercial labs, i have said time and again -- COVID-19 is a statewide problem and testing is a vital step towards understanding the scale of this problem. We believe COVID-19 is spreading in every parish in Louisiana.

5. Jerrold Nadler:

   The very next step, either tomorrow or Friday, is we're going into court to ask for the grand jury material and to enforce the subpoena against Mr. McGahn, that's particularly important because the excuses ... that the White House gives for McGahn not testifying ... are the same excuses for all the other fact witnesses, and if we break that, we'll break the logjam.