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stoplight

[stop-lahyt] / ˈstɒpˌlaɪt /


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Beckstrom grew up in a tiny community of homes cradled in the Appalachian Mountains on a ridge above a town of roughly 700 people that has the only stoplight in a county of 8,000 people.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2025

The shadows of trees in a car’s headlights; a stoplight swaying softly in the wind while it changes color; the sensation that something peculiar will inevitably appear the longer a car stays in motion.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2025

You never know who is waiting for you at the next stoplight.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

His chests each wore a different color Western shirt—green, yellow, red, like a stoplight.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

“Instead of looking at taillights and stoplights, you’re watching hawks fly and seeing birds and deer and elk,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Cops directing traffic can’t tell whether the stoplights are red or green, and neither can the drivers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

But that still left open the question of car trips within urban areas, which occurred largely on roadways with stoplights and intersections that constrained traffic speeds.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2024

They build their golden webs between powerlines, on top of stoplights and even above the pumps at local gas stations -- none of which are particularly peaceful spots.

From Science Daily Feb. 13, 2024

We don’t need stoplights, either, but in some places they dangle precariously over the road like they might crash down any minute.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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