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Recent Examples of traffic circle
In the 1990s, while the area around Columbus Circle was being rebuilt by private developers, the city was considering an upgrade to the traffic circle itself.
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Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
The site is currently a grassy traffic circle at the foot of Memorial Bridge.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
At least one driver was clocked at a traffic circle coming into town going 113 mph in a 40 mph zone.
—Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
On Thursday evening, mourners had arranged hundreds of candles at a traffic circle near the venue, which had by this point been covered up in white plastic by authorities.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
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Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
The site is currently a grassy traffic circle at the foot of Memorial Bridge.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
At least one driver was clocked at a traffic circle coming into town going 113 mph in a 40 mph zone.
—Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
On Thursday evening, mourners had arranged hundreds of candles at a traffic circle near the venue, which had by this point been covered up in white plastic by authorities.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
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Sunday, the coroner’s office was dispatched to the crash location — a roundabout at South Ten Mile Road and West Victory Road — and determined that 45-year-old Dustin Wielkiewicz, a Star resident, was dead at the scene, according to a Tuesday press release.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
2 June 2026
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Olthof reiterated at the Town Council meeting that his development company is also pledging $350,000 toward the construction of a roundabout in the planning stages at Gibson and East 117th Avenue and any roadway improvements on Gibson.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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The laser assembly was mounted on a high-precision industrial rotary stage and a gimbal capable of rapidly adjusting its position to follow moving targets.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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This included two poems about dying grandmothers; one poem about owls and their habitats; one poem about Jesus, Lamb and Carpenter; and one about losing the tip of a finger—Dan’s, his hand held up as evidence—to a rotary saw.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Long an astute observer of discovery and rediscovery, whether the subject is a city or herself, Sante—having emerged from a tight circle of luminaries including Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin—is now on the precipice of a second artistic renaissance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Between releases, the band has experienced pivotal full-circle moments, the pendulum of time pushing them back into the past and informing their future.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
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The restriping, which is part of ongoing work on the new Idaho 16 interchange, will come with lane closures each night.—
Rose Evans
May 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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The $360 million project — located along Farnsworth Avenue and Bilter Road, across the street from Chicago Premium Outlets mall and near the Interstate 88 interchange — has been under construction since 2023.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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