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 Two years after her 5-year-old daughter Allie was killed by a driver who ran a stop sign, Jessica Hart wants to know why little has changed. Stephen Stock, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024 License plate, registration, red light and stop sign violations were also among the top reasons pursuits started. Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024 Witnesses told police that Ortiz sped through the stop sign at a high rate of speed, according to Fox 4 Dallas. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2024 School bus stop arm violations State law punishes drivers for passing a school bus when its stop sign arm is extended. Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024 Drivers can use the phone when their car is fully stopped, such as at a red light or stop sign or maybe gridlocked in traffic. Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024 The first collision occurred when a 2009 Nissan Rogue came to a stop sign after turning left off Riverwalk Court to proceed northbound on Route 59, according to police. David Chiu, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024 What’s the penalty for running a stop sign in California? Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2024 Learning from the last inning, every Venezuela fan sitting around me put up their hands to give the runner rounding third the stop sign, so he wouldn’t get thrown out at home. Dominic Pino, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024

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“Stop sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20sign. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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