gridlocked
adjective
grid·locked
ˈgrid-ˌläkt 
: affected by gridlock : brought to a state in which movement or progress is stopped completely
gridlocked streets
a gridlocked legislature
The Phoenix of 1996 has terrible air, gridlocked traffic, and spreads out in so many directions that it seems to lack any sense of order.—
Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan… the notion of an incompetent, gridlocked government is still embedded in the national consciousness.—Andrew Sullivan
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Minutes before Mark Buehrle’s statue dedication ceremony Friday in the right field concourse at White Sox Park, a ballpark employee with a cart containing four kegs of beer tried to make his way through the gridlocked crowd awaiting the unveiling.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Former Assemblymember Marc Levine, who authored the bill in 2019, said the fires the two years prior, along with the harrowing stories of people fleeing from their gridlocked cars, were the driving forces behind the legislation.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
Pacific Coast Highway had yet to become gridlocked with people fleeing the fast-moving flames.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Now, with less than five months remaining, the traditionally bipartisan legislation remains gridlocked.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 May 2025
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Former Assemblymember Marc Levine, who authored the bill in 2019, said the fires the two years prior, along with the harrowing stories of people fleeing from their gridlocked cars, were the driving forces behind the legislation.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
Pacific Coast Highway had yet to become gridlocked with people fleeing the fast-moving flames.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Now, with less than five months remaining, the traditionally bipartisan legislation remains gridlocked.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 May 2025
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“Gridlocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gridlocked. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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