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gridlock

 noun
     
grid‧lock [uncountable] especially American English
1TTR a situation in which streets in a city are so full of cars that they cannot move
2 a situation in which nothing can happen, usually because people disagree strongly:
The battle over spending led to gridlock.
—gridlocked adjective
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