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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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The redesign will add a traffic signal, modify the roundabout, and build an underpass connecting Dillon Dam Road to the Frisco commercial area, allowing drivers to move across town without sitting in congestion.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The four areas of priority that the city identified are Camino Del Mar from 15th Street to the San Dieguito River, Jimmy Durante Boulevard at the Via de la Valle triangle, Jimmy Durante Boulevard at the roundabout to the merge with Camino Del Mar, and Camino Del Mar from Fourth to Ninth streets.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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The advantage is slight; in typical mowing conditions, a rotary mower and a mulching mower perform equally well.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 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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Always a fightin’ word and guaranteed to set off defensive alarm bells in left-leaning circles — until the last five years.—
Bob Ehrlich,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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Scrape away leaves, twigs, and grass within a 10-foot diameter circle from a fire.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Charges say that the two victims were driving east on Highway 62 on the Interstate 35W interchange, when Morgan approached from behind in an unmarked black Ford Expedition.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 116-room Antioch Inn & Suites, near the interchange of State Route 4 and Somersville Road, defaulted on $15 million in real estate loans, documents filed April 7 with the Contra Costa County Recorder’s Office show.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2026.
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