stop-and-go
Example Sentences
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When officials confronted a similar dilemma, during the so-called stagflation of the 1970s, the central bank’s stop-and-go response allowed high inflation to become entrenched.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Team principal Andrea Stella said the decision to give Norris a 10-second stop-and-go penalty - the severest that can be handed out other than a disqualification - "lacked any specificity and proportion".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024
The June 10 meeting swiftly became a point of tension in the already stop-and-go trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024
These lanes allow drivers to buy their way out of stop-and-go traffic by paying a toll that fluctuates every few minutes, between $1 and $15, beginning Friday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
She a stop-and-go driver and I feel nauseous, wish she’d just keep both hands on the wheel.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
