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traffic

[traf-ik] / ˈtræf ɪk /




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Sivaranjani Muthunathan was travelling by bus with 56 others towards the Chinese border when they became stuck in what they thought was a traffic jam.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Fired one effort way over and failed to pick out a team-mate on one promising breakaway after his cutback went straight into traffic.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

A driving instructor died of a cardiac arrest after his wife had to take him to hospital in rush hour traffic because no ambulances were available.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The spy operation targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve and other areas, hiding within normal internet traffic to avoid detection.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Several pilots from the 586th also became air traffic controllers.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

There is no evidence it produces or traffics fentanyl, which is typically made in Mexico and smuggled over land, experts note.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

It’s especially fitting for “Turtles,” a movie based on a book propped up by an ever-expanding young-adult canon that traffics in the romance of pain and the pain of romance.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Pecker described his business as "checkbook journalism" and agreed with Colangelo that he traffics in "juicy stories."

From Salon Apr. 23, 2024

Like any tech company that traffics in attention, it has every reason to keep users inside the walled garden as long as possible and little incentive to see them graduate.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2023

The peddler knows them and traffics with them; that have I heard from others.

From In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young by Evelyn Everett-Green

It’s not clear when the trafficked animals might join the roughly 12,000 turtles, frogs, octopuses, penguins, sharks and other sea creatures currently on public display.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

They are heavily targeted by poachers and are considered the most highly trafficked mammals in the world, leaving many species at serious risk of extinction.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

They have not concluded that the animal was trafficked, or that Vikram owned it or was involved in bringing it into India.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Ruemmler maintained she found Giuffre’s claims of being trafficked by world leaders and American politicians to be inconsistent with what she understood about the evidence that was uncovered in Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In fact, “Wanderlust” would be considered obscure and little trafficked, as poems go.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

“Wildlife trafficking disrupts national and global ecosystems and puts animals on the path to extinction,” Jeff Flocken, president and chief executive of the Aquarium of the Pacific, said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Preventing that trafficking is difficult in part because authorities often encounter scales rather than intact animals.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

As Moss told Jewish Insider at the time, those attacks “touch many people’s ears as if it’s trafficking antisemitism.”

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Campaigners have repeatedly stressed the importance of protecting the identities of people involved in investigations into sexual abuse and trafficking because of the potential impact on victims' wellbeing and privacy.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

But her fight against child marriage and her advocacy to end human trafficking are changing the world.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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