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Following recent breaches, it said traffic lights would be in operation on the bridge from Wednesday night and for the duration of Urdd Eisteddfod, with operatives turning away vehicles which are over the weight limit.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

They will be in operation after 11 a.m. on live racing days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

The Cascabel project is slated to be in operation in late 2028, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

Last June, the drones were confirmed by amateur flight trackers to be in operation during the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025

I shall use every exertion to prepare her for immediate service; her guns will soon be mounted, and I am assured by Mr. Fulton, that her machinery will be in operation in about six weeks.”

From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle




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