traffic
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The researchers tested several versions of M35 grade concrete, which is commonly used in infrastructure designed for moderate traffic.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
She added many of the diversion routes are unsuitable for large vehicles and volumes of traffic.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
British air traffic is "out of control", writes the Metro, after a second glitch to the control system this month grounded "thousands" of flights.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
American officials and outside analysts say tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has picked up somewhat in recent weeks, thanks in part to so-called dark transits in which ships turn off tracking signals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
After they merged into traffic, Doc glanced at Coal.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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First I thought of Spanish rock star and longtime Los Angeles resident Enrique Bunbury, who himself traffics in the diffuse territories of the ominous and esoteric.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“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
There is no evidence Venezuela produces or traffics fentanyl, experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Genre fiction traffics in extremes that make certain scenarios seem impossible.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
His are the markets, his the courts—his, too, The highways; nay, the very carrier's horse, That traffics on the Gotthardt, pays him toll.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
The precious objects were spirited out and trafficked abroad, including to the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Authorities suspect the primates, known for their shaggy red fur, were trafficked into India, sparking a criminal investigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Despite this, orangutans continue to be trafficked for sale as exotic pets and to private collectors.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Aquarium of the Pacific is part of the Southern California Wildlife Confiscations Network, which helps care for confiscated and trafficked wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
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She says she would expand intelligence-sharing with Washington, work with U.S. agencies and the Coast Guard against drug trafficking and coordinate with Colombia to dismantle criminal groups on the border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The billionaire has said he did not know about Epstein's crimes until he was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
Whether or not it’s fair to compare Take-Two’s investigation of a leaked video game with the DOJ fumbling inquiries into participants of a global sex trafficking ring, the internet has certainly taken notice.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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