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traffic

[traf-ik] / ˈtræf ɪk /




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A router is a box that routes data traffic between different networks, and to the internet.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

The software, called Smart, is expected to help the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines reduce delays and cancellations and find routes for flights when disruptions scramble air traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

But as usual, he can’t help but break through the fence and run into traffic.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

County prosecutors have used warnings given by officers or others during traffic stops or other incidents to prove defendants showed a disregard for human life.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Dad thought I’d get lost, because he has no sense of direction, and Mom worried I’d get hit by a car, because she’s used to Los Angeles traffic.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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

He’s a young Tokyo laundry plant worker who in his downtime traffics in resold goods at exorbitant markups, with little care for their authenticity.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

Although Netflix's action thriller “Black Doves” is set in London, it traffics in its version of this debate when two assassins and a civilian discuss their favorite Christmas movies to pass the time.

From Salon Dec. 7, 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

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 Wilhelm Tell by Theodore Martin

Much of the gold in the region is trafficked through global supply chains, a 2024 SwissAid report found.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

She called on Ukraine and the leaders of other countries whose citizens were trafficked to provide evidence of this "human trafficking" to prosecute those responsible.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 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

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

In 2019, a Thai court dismissed the case against suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach.

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

In a statement, Bank of America said that it maintains it didn’t facilitate sex trafficking crimes and “this resolution allows us to put this matter behind us and provides further closure for the plaintiffs.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

But her fight against child marriage and her advocacy to end human trafficking are changing the world.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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