jaywalker
Example Sentences
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Sheba Sahlemariam, an Angeleno, said she was an occasional jaywalker before she got a ticket for crossing a street outside a designated intersection to avoid someone walking toward her.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
“You can watch the term jaywalker take off, becoming a normal word,” he adds.
From Slate • May 18, 2022
He glowered in a letter to The Times in answer to a mocking essay by an unrepentant jaywalker.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2021
The minivan performed smoothly, even stopping for a jaywalker, before abruptly pulling to the right side of the road.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2018
What if that jaywalker stops at a median?
From The Verge • May 9, 2018
