stop sign

noun

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

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The man then took off, snaking around a car, speeding through a stop sign. Cnn, Mercury News, 12 May 2025 In December 2022, in Slidell, White was driving a 2014 white Maserati while Colbert was a passenger when he was stopped by St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies for running through a stop sign. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2025 Vernon is accused of traveling past a stop sign and through an intersection, before his truck hit six people who were conducting power line work for Carolina Power and Signalization, officials said. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Donning a cow’s head hat and armed with a stop sign in his right hand, Allen Novreske was there to spread cheer along with ensuring that children safely traversed Fifth Street to Bailly Elementary School. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stop sign

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“Stop sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20sign. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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