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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

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

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Flyers’ attempts to beat traffic and get a few more hours at the exclusive summer enclave are rattling the windows of people who believed they had earned a slice of suburban tranquility.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Emergency services reported 478 incidents in the Valencia province, mostly involving property damage, leaks and traffic disruption.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

There are streamers and signs all along the street, directing traffic toward our tag sale.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Consign Design traffics in luxury labels like Brunello, Prada, Gucci and Hermès, along with top-drawer skiwear, while Capelet Consign brims with AG, Theory, Veronica Beard and Ulla Johnson.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

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

The play traffics in TV tropes and formulas.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2023

"They are all hard-striving persons of studious or commercial habits," replied Ming-shu, "and have doubtless become immersed in their various traffics."

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah

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

From BBC Sep. 9, 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 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

They are heavily targeted by poachers and are considered the most highly trafficked mammals in the world, leaving many species at serious risk of extinction.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

She had trafficked with spirits, and it showed.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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 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

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

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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