as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions
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The stabbing stemmed from a verbal argument between Browne and a 20-year-old Denver driver who was stopped at a red light at the intersection of South Lipan Street and West Evans Avenue in the College View-South Platte neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2024
Daphne Guinness, Amanda Harlech, Renzo Rosso, French singer Lucky Love — and perhaps Galliano himself, Margiela reps teased — piled into the Cinema Balzac, whose plush red seats and red curtains were bathed in red light.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Investigators learned that the 17-year-old driver of a 2016 Ford Focus disregarded a red light at the intersection and struck a 2016 Toyota Camry, which then hit a building on Queen City Avenue after the initial impact.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2024
The second deadly crash took place at the intersection of Del Amo and Norwalk boulevards in the vicinity of the border between Lakewood and Cerritos, when a vehicle ran a red light and collided with a school bus about 8:30 a.m., Fantom said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2024
Daphne Guinness, Amanda Harlech, Renzo Rosso, French singer Lucky Love — and perhaps Galliano himself, Margiela reps teased — piled into the Cinema Balzac, whose plush red seats and red curtains were bathed in red light.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Investigators learned that the 17-year-old driver of a 2016 Ford Focus disregarded a red light at the intersection and struck a 2016 Toyota Camry, which then hit a building on Queen City Avenue after the initial impact.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2024
The second deadly crash took place at the intersection of Del Amo and Norwalk boulevards in the vicinity of the border between Lakewood and Cerritos, when a vehicle ran a red light and collided with a school bus about 8:30 a.m., Fantom said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Red light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red%20light. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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