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traffic signal

NOUN
red light


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Mohammad Umar, 50, has been sitting inside his tuk-tuk near a busy traffic signal since morning, waiting for passengers.

From BBC May 28, 2026

In Wilmington, near the busiest port in the country, crumbling sidewalks would be fixed and a new traffic signal and high-visibility crosswalks would be added.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2026

The cuts would affect parking enforcement, traffic signal updates, goals to improve traffic safety and support for major rail and bus lane projects ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

By 1930, Nelson wrote, all major American cities and many smaller ones had at least one electrical traffic signal.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2024

That might have been that if only, some days afterward, the thieves hadn’t ignored a traffic signal in the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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