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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
gridlock
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Gridlock
01
āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĄāĻ˛āĻ, āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽ
a situation in which traffic is so heavily congested that movement is virtually impossible
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We sat in gridlock for over an hour, unable to move an inch.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĄāĻ˛āĻ-āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž
a situation in which no progress can be made because opposing parties are unable to reach agreement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Political gridlock in the legislature prevented passage of the emergency funding bill.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻšāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
gridlock
grid
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