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stoplight

[stop-lahyt] / ˈstɒpˌlaɪt /


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At a stoplight, if there is a car ahead of me that starts to move, and I don’t, my car beeps twice and signals me on the display.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

When the couple reached the stoplight, police said, Wilson got out of the car and got into an argument with the woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

Maybe it will be easier to accept, to pretend to use my phone anytime I’m waiting at a stoplight, physically unable to run away from peering eyes until the light flashes green.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2024

I roll to a stoplight and close my eyes for a moment, but when I do, the only thing I see is that day when we were fourteen.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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