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junction

[juhngk-shuhn] / ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /


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He cannot remember the crash at a busy junction in Rhyl, Denbighshire, but knows a friend from school cycled to his parents' house to tell them.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Taylor, 20, is also from Burgess Hill and was riding his legal motorbike to work one day when he overtook two bikes as they pulled out from a junction.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

If the junction is stopped, its energy can be converted into newly produced baryons that travel outward in directions perpendicular to the beams.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

"In the collision, the baryon junction gets held behind, and the quarks continue on," he noted.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

He paused at a junction of two paths and looked around for some sign of Fleur.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Synapses are tiny junctions that allow brain cells to communicate with one another across neural circuits.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

But Deutsche Bahn criticised the decision, saying the move could "worsen the structural problems of rail junctions".

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Typical rush hour congestion already creates borderline unsafe conditions for boarding and exiting popular junctions like Penn Station and Secaucus, partially because these rail lines already run over capacity.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

Traffic had slowed to a halt on the northbound carriageway of the A12 between junctions 23 and 24.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

You could stretch the tube map into all sorts of hoops and loops and it would be the same map, as long as the junctions were the same.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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