speeding ticket

noun

: a piece of paper that a police officer gives to someone who was driving too fast and that indicates a fine that the driver will have to pay

Examples of speeding ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In addition to issuing a speeding ticket, the trooper had cited him for driving without a valid license. Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023 The governor’s concerns about the fallout from the McGirt Supreme Court decision were heightened last month when a federal appeals court determined the city of Tulsa had no authority to issue a speeding ticket to a Choctaw citizen. Sean Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 Park’s assertion that someone would be executed for having a dusty portrait of Kim Jong Il, Lankov said, would be the equivalent of telling North Koreans that Americans can be executed for a speeding ticket. Will Sommer, Washington Post, 16 July 2023 Who is most likely to get a speeding ticket on a road trip? Emily Becker, Women's Health, 24 May 2023 Summer should get a speeding ticket. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023

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“Speeding ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speeding%20ticket. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.

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