stop sign

noun

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

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Investigators said the crash happened as 98-year-old Helen Schubert of West Sunbury was driving her Subaru Legacy west on Duffy Road and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection. Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Cam Smith scored the decisive run after running through third-base coach Tony Perezchica’s stop sign. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Three weeks into the season last year, an intoxicated woman blew a stop sign at 55+, plowing into my son's vehicle. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 The man who was killed when another driver wanted by Miami-Dade deputies blew a stop sign during a traffic stop Wednesday night was a celebrated Bahamian artist visiting South Florida, the country’s government confirmed. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 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 18 Sep. 2026.

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