stoplight

noun

stop·light ˈstäp-ˌlīt

: a light on the rear of a motor vehicle that is illuminated when the driver presses the brake pedal

: traffic signal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web So, during a two-minute shut-off at a stoplight, those passages will remain filled with oil. —

Rag Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023 Liza Porat glanced at her phone while sitting in her car at a stoplight and saw the request posted on an internet mailing list for her Silver Spring neighborhood. —

Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2022 Historic downtown Long Grove just got its first stoplight in 2021. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Lovettsville doesn’t have a stoplight, Breaux said. —

Madison Rudolf, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022 Like Zendaya and Tom Holland, Gosling and Mendes got busted while making out at a stoplight in Hollywood. —

Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 23 July 2022 Sabinal, a town with one stoplight, two gas stations, and one taxidermist, is no different. —

Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022 Williamsport is a one-stoplight village along Deer Creek on the south end of Pickaway County. —

Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022 It’s the aesthetic of software at scale, in every window, at every stoplight, on every city block. —

Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022 See More

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