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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
gridlock
/ˈɡrɪdlɒk/
noun
A situation where nothing can move, especially traffic.
- “Daily gridlock costs the city millions in lost time.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))