traffic
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"They sell these individuals to military units and regional commands facing manpower shortages, or traffic substitute recruits on behalf of wealthier individuals seeking to buy their way out of service."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The idea behind the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is to provide a lifeline for mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, locked in by traffic and suffering from the effects of inbreeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
It has repeatedly hit Kyiv's main bridges that cross the Dnipro river, forcing traffic to be suspended across the city.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
That happened in May, when a traffic stop led to a car being pulled over near a polling place, and ICE agents showed up to question the driver.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
I said, irritated, even though I knew there would be almost no traffic.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
“You’re not going to earn our votes if you bring somebody who we feel traffics in language that is harmful to us,” he said.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
This stomach-churning feature traffics in tropes familiar from ‘The Exorcist’ and other horror movies to tell its Egyptian story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Genre fiction traffics in extremes that make certain scenarios seem impossible.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
It’s especially fitting for “Turtles,” a movie based on a book propped up by an ever-expanding young-adult canon that traffics in the romance of pain and the pain of romance.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
With sheep he traffics, if he seek after the praises of foolish men in pious works.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
Spain’s beachside paradise of Costa del Sol has become one of the most trafficked ports of entry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Much of the gold in the region is trafficked through global supply chains, a 2024 SwissAid report found.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The aquarium has helped more than 3,300 trafficked animals, including corals, reptiles, fish and axolotls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
They are heavily targeted by poachers and are considered the most highly trafficked mammals in the world, leaving many species at serious risk of extinction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The road was little trafficked, and I was too happy about my escape to feel much fear.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Between May and July of last year, Polymarket users bet nearly $798,000 on the verdict of the Diddy sex trafficking trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The two men have previously said they didn’t know Epstein was engaged in sex trafficking and denied being complicit in or knowingly facilitating any crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The pair met a few kilometres from the New York jail where Maduro is awaiting trial for drug trafficking and other charges.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The number of homicides in the country of 34 million has risen markedly since 2018, while international drug trafficking networks continue to operate on its territory.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
But her fight against child marriage and her advocacy to end human trafficking are changing the world.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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