stoplight
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Whether buying a Porsche 911, paying bills or giving money to a beggar at a stoplight, the payment is made the same way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
You never know who is waiting for you at the next stoplight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
In a televised appearance, she bowed to her boss and kept the stoplight at “orange, with an alert,” but in announcing it, she wore a bright red dress.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
Out on Ditch Road, a stoplight turned yellow, then red.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Cops directing traffic can’t tell whether the stoplights are red or green, and neither can the drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The bridge has only four lanes and feeds into a congested part of Windsor where stoplights cause frequent bottlenecks of trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
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 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
I see it as my responsibility to ignore the emptiness of the streets, the nonfunctional stoplights, and the occasional clusters of walking dead.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
