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[traf-ik] / ˈtræf ɪk /




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The world’s busiest airport for international travelers last year, Dubai International Airport, saw traffic fall by nearly a third year over year in the first half of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The statue, dedicated in 2008, stood on a concrete slab between lanes of traffic outside the Sacramento Youth Center in the 1900 block of Del Paso Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

They added that it was "not considered likely to result in a significant increase in traffic or parking demand".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"I've been travelling for three hours... to get to work," said Tetiana Osypenko, a 49-year-old seamstress whose bus was stuck in a traffic jam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Last weekend the big excitement was the elk that wandered onto Main Street and blocked traffic for an hour.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

“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

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

‘At least no merchant traffics in my heart!’

From The Madonna of the Future by Henry James

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

Authorities suspect the primates, known for their shaggy red fur, were trafficked into India, sparking a criminal investigation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Odisha's forest minister has said investigators are examining whether the animals were trafficked into the country by an international smuggling network and abandoned near a highway.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The aquarium has helped more than 3,300 trafficked animals, including corals, reptiles, fish and axolotls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The road was well trafficked, and at night for their comfort there were rude inns to be found.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Indyke and Kahn have denied knowing Epstein was engaged in sex trafficking or knowingly facilitating any crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

However, officials have not offered definitive evidence that the vessels targeted are involved in trafficking.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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 crime of human trafficking, as defined by the United Nations, involves the illegal recruitment, transportation or harbouring of people through fraud, deception or abuse of power.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

In light of new evidence, Matthias Benedik Helvar is granted full and immediate pardon for all charges of slave trafficking.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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