stoplight

The Vibe draws random remarks of praise all the time: Shortly after we moved, a construction worker in Ann Arbor waved me down as I idled at a stoplight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

She instructs families to narrate their actions, such as by sharing with their child when they slow down at a stoplight on the way back from school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

“Smells good too! You sure you don’t want a burger? Dad runs the One Stop restaurant across from the stoplight in town. His burgers really are the best.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

The bridge has only four lanes and feeds into a congested part of Windsor where stoplights cause frequent bottlenecks of trucks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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’re allowing caravans of locals and vendors with no weigh limit, which tells us that the northbound lane is stable. We’re hoping they’re going to get stoplights up and one-way traffic open very soon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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

I see it as my responsibility to ignore the emptiness of the streets, the nonfunctional stoplights, and the occasional clusters of walking dead.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman