traffic cone
noun
: a conical marker used on a road or highway (as for indicating an area under repair)
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After years of traffic cones and testing, Kansas Citians will finally be able to ride Main Street extension of the KC Streetcar in less than two weeks.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
Company officials did not announce the changes in Gilbert or post its new weekend hours, but teens arriving for meetups have found the doors locked, traffic cones blocking the parking lot and armed officers outside.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
In one clip, he was seen with an orange traffic cone on his head.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while construction workers erect a new path for city buses along the center of the avenue.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2025
Company officials did not announce the changes in Gilbert or post its new weekend hours, but teens arriving for meetups have found the doors locked, traffic cones blocking the parking lot and armed officers outside.
—Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
In one clip, he was seen with an orange traffic cone on his head.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while construction workers erect a new path for city buses along the center of the avenue.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Traffic cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20cone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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