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Recent Examples of traffic circle
New York is a crossroads for them at the edge of the continent, like a traffic circle with east-west routes running along the ocean or north-south routes going up the harbor or to New Jersey.
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Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The arch will be in the traffic circle in front of Arlington National Cemetery.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Mayor Dan Slater initially suggested directing staff to do that analysis while also installing rumble strips on the 200 blocks of West and East Chapman Avenue leading to the traffic circle and reflective pavement markers along the curbs, an idea suggested by Councilmember Denis Bilodeau.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
After exiting a traffic circle, the road tilted upward at a steady 5 percent grade.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
The arch will be in the traffic circle in front of Arlington National Cemetery.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Mayor Dan Slater initially suggested directing staff to do that analysis while also installing rumble strips on the 200 blocks of West and East Chapman Avenue leading to the traffic circle and reflective pavement markers along the curbs, an idea suggested by Councilmember Denis Bilodeau.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
After exiting a traffic circle, the road tilted upward at a steady 5 percent grade.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
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Last week, the city posted on social media about the ongoing work and disruptions beachgoers might notice on the boardwalk and a roundabout on Ventura Place near the lifeguard station.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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This is the sort of movie that thinks nothing of dropping in a human-centipede roundabout of bootlicking and the surreal sight of a PR guru’s head turning into a video screen.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2026
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After first threatening to kill Hole, Barli instead jumps out of his fifth-floor balcony window, where he is impaled on an outdoor rotary clothes airer stationed in the garden below.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Cordless rotary hammer for concrete and masonry.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
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Stacy Jennings posted 2 hits, 2 RBIs and a walk while also dominating in the circle, allowing three hits and zero earned runs.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two people died early Sunday when a speeding SUV went off a freeway interchange in South County and landed in the Sweetwater River, authorities said.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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After heading east on University Avenue, drivers can rejoin I-80/35 at the University Avenue interchange, which recently reopened.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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Denver Water didn’t comment when asked about any conversations with CDOT about impacts on planning for the cloverleaf area.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2026
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To avoid traffic jams, the avenues that connect each sector of the city were designed without intersections; instead, the intersections have cloverleaf interchanges.—
Sophia La Banca,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic%20circle. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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