stoplight

The Vibe draws random remarks of praise all the time: Shortly after we moved, a construction worker in Ann Arbor waved me down as I idled at a stoplight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

She instructs families to narrate their actions, such as by sharing with their child when they slow down at a stoplight on the way back from school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

The shadows of trees in a car’s headlights; a stoplight swaying softly in the wind while it changes color; the sensation that something peculiar will inevitably appear the longer a car stays in motion.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

Downtown consisted of two intersecting streets, Main Street and High Street, separated by a single flashing stoplight and no traffic.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Homeless people routinely direct traffic when the stoplights don’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Here, too, the MTA should insist that local jurisdictions provide signal priority at stoplights and dedicated emergency lanes for buses, EMS, police, and the fire department.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024

“They’re allowing caravans of locals and vendors with no weigh limit, which tells us that the northbound lane is stable. We’re hoping they’re going to get stoplights up and one-way traffic open very soon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

They build their golden webs between powerlines, on top of stoplights and even above the pumps at local gas stations -- none of which are particularly peaceful spots.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

We don’t need stoplights, either, but in some places they dangle precariously over the road like they might crash down any minute.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth