stop sign

noun

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

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Prosecutors allege Dominguez ran the stop sign at the rural intersection at a high rate of speed before his pickup crashed into the sport utility vehicle with Vargas and family inside, pushing the SUV off the roadway. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 The vehicle took the exit at Commercial Street, continuing through a stop sign and reentering northbound I-49, according to the probable cause statement. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025 Video from the scene showed the back of the bus engulfed in flames while the vehicle sat at a stop sign. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 In the event referenced, the vehicle approached the school bus from an angle where the flashing lights and stop sign were not visible and drove slowly around the front of the bus before driving past it, keeping a safe distance from children. Akash Sriram, USA Today, 20 Oct. 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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