stop sign

noun

: a sign telling drivers to stop and wait until they can continue safely

Examples of stop sign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ebel held up a stop sign on the play but Pages ran through it. Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 12 June 2024 Chaves approached her window, holding a stop sign, and yelled at the woman before the situation soon turned violent, police wrote in the report, according to the outlet. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024 For example, black and white stickers placed on a stop sign can prevent a self-driving car’s vision system from recognizing the sign. Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2022 Authorities said Milania claimed the other driver, a 71-year-old man, ran the stop sign and drove through the intersection, which caused the crash. Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 The collision happened shortly after 4:35 p.m. when the motorcyclist, who was heading west on Voltaire Street, ran into the back of a Honda CRV stopped at a stop sign at Bacon Street, police said. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024 At the stop sign between them, even the road’s name changes. Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024 Find somebody strong enough to wrest control of the organization from a superstar who has become a stop sign. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024 As the Corolla crossed the intersection after stopping at a stop sign, Sentiesteban T-boned it, police said. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024

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“Stop sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20sign. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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