traffic light

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A previous dress rehearsal highlighted the need for a new traffic light at a specific location to alleviate gridlock when military convoys move across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Indian home minister Amit Shah said the blast occurred around 7 p.m. in a Hyundai i20 car at a traffic light near the Red Fort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Last month, police officers in San Bruno, CA, observed a self-driving Waymo make an illegal U-turn at a traffic light.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The judges used a traffic light system to rate all 153 books they read over eight months - green, amber and red, depending on what they thought of them.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

I continued to stare at the traffic light, which glowed red.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver