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slowdowns
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The meters are intended to control the flow of traffic onto state highways to diminish slowdowns and collisions, said Nick Liccardo, a senior transportation engineer with the state Department of Transportation.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026 -
The slowdowns are shifting from intelligence to hardwired and manually built infrastructure.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Sit-ins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit-ins. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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