Sentence examples for a real jam from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a real jam" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation that is difficult or problematic, often in a lighthearted or informal context.
Example: "I found myself in a real jam when my car broke down on the way to the meeting."
Alternatives: "a tough spot" or "a sticky situation."

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I've written previously that a chancellor can always find some money when he is in a real jam.

A REAL JAM In 1937, the Caldecott Tunnel opened, a three-bore tunnel designed to replace the dark, dank, single-bore Kennedy Tunnel 300 feet above it.

"It's a somewhat ominous outlook for the summer, because with fewer flights and less frequency of flights, there could be a real jam for tourists," said Andrew Reddick, spokesman for the Canadian Association of Airline Passengers, a private group.

This Chinese-Canadian power play puts America into a real jam.

"There would be a huge trade-off, because if we could put those ancient microbiota in our gut, we'd be in a real jam — we would no longer have all the newly acquired functions life on modern Earth requires us to have".

"There is a real jam at the border," said Mr. Arsenault.

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It was a real jamming place back in the day.

"It was a real traffic jam," he said.

"There's a real log jam now because it's very hard to build new wind farms or new solar power stations because there's already so much generating capacity in the system," says associate professor Mark Diesendorf, from the University of New South Wales, who has worked on modelling for how renewables could provide our power needs 24 hours a day.

This year she baked a real good Jam cake for sale.

We had some real jam sessions in that funeral home!

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