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traffic

[traf-ik] / ˈtræf ɪk /




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Beyond that thrilling opening spell it was one-way traffic, a vicious exhibition of All Black class and might.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

I discovered many friends from New York had decamped to L.A., willing to put up with traffic for near-constant sunshine and a slower pace of life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The road leading to Najib's upmarket residence was cordoned off with yellow police tape and traffic cones blocking access to the area, an AFP journalist saw at around noon.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

At first, there wasn’t even a reliable way to gauge how much traffic a particular piece got.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Then I put my hands in my pockets and walk in one big circle, weaving in and out of traffic, switching sidewalks, until we’re standing in the exact same spot we started from.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Like Cook, he traffics in clear-eyed, dispassionate analysis, not partisan wish-casting or political spin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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

Pecker described his business as "checkbook journalism" and agreed with Colangelo that he traffics in "juicy stories."

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

Like any tech company that traffics in attention, it has every reason to keep users inside the walled garden as long as possible and little incentive to see them graduate.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023

De la Vente, the renegade priest, the center of strife and discontent in the colonies, traffics with the Indians and brings opprobrium upon your Majesty's name.

From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea

The Daily Express reported, external that the inquiry relates to allegations that women were trafficked to the royal residence in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

Despite this, orangutans continue to be trafficked for sale as exotic pets and to private collectors.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"The Sea of Marmara is a heavily trafficked and closely monitored area, it has all the characteristics of a maritime highway," maritime engineer Sabri Gokhan told the private NTV broadcaster.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 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

"Last time, the campaign message was one of safe communities and fighting back against trafficking," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Traditionally, former colonial powers have skirted the issue, expressing regret for the industrial-scale human trafficking but never apologizing for fear that admitting guilt will open the door to a wave of compensation claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

As one of the oldest US federal judges, questions had been raised about whether he was the right justice to preside over what could be a prolonged trial for Maduro on drug trafficking charges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

They told the BBC on Friday that the Philippines' anti-human trafficking and child sexual exploitation task force was investigating the matter.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The government forbade any trafficking in Indian antiquities and had given the priest a general concession, authorizing him to catalogue whatever he found and hand it over to the museum.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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