Sentence examples for reached gridlock from inspiring English sources

Jogger traffic reached gridlock and fishermen of all nationalities (there were warning signs about eating contaminated fish in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Tagalog) jockeyed for position on a pier.

Yet for years the Federal Aviation Administration ignored its own warnings about the system's reaching gridlock by 2000.

The information was released during the same week that officials of the Port Authority, the agency that manages La Guardia, announced that airlines could not add any flights during the airport's peak hours in the morning and evening because traffic has reached near-gridlock conditions at those times.

The year of gridlock reached a low point in the midsummer showdown over the federal debt ceiling.

Congestion in British cities has yet to reach the nightmarish gridlock of Mexico City, Cairo or Bangkok, but already the motorways around Birmingham and the main approach roads to London are jammed for many hours of the day.

If we are to move forward as a nation following the last four years of gridlock, reaching across the aisle is sorely needed as many seem to be acknowledging the day after this contentious election.

Partisan gridlock in Congress has reached historical levels.

Earlier in the day, Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill that negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over a deal to avert the fiscal cliff had essentially reached the point of a political gridlock.

The cuts were designed to be so unappealing that lawmakers would be forced to agree to a separate deal, but amid gridlock in Washington, such an agreement was never reached.

Paradoxically, the administration itself might put the entire negotiating process into gridlock by reaching much farther than the Russians are willing to go, such as by trying to negotiate numerical limits on tactical nuclear weapons.

There was also an air of tension across the city as people battled through the gridlock to reach Soccer City and official fan parks in Sandton and Soweto, as well as other events such as the one laid on by a mobile phone company here.