stoplight
Americannoun
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stoplights
plural
noun
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a red light on a traffic signal indicating that vehicles or pedestrians coming towards it should stop
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another word for brake light
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Origin of stoplight
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A road rage incident at a stoplight in Hollywood a few years ago, triggered by Lee’s delayed response to a green light, became the catalyst for the first season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Not long ago, my wife and I were at a stoplight and a new Corvette pulled up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025
The annual parade and festival, which is in its fifth year, is held in La Center, a southwest Washington town of 4,300 that doesn’t have a stoplight.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025
The shadows of trees in a car’s headlights; a stoplight swaying softly in the wind while it changes color; the sensation that something peculiar will inevitably appear the longer a car stays in motion.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025
The stoplight creaked and swung in the slight breeze.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Cops directing traffic can’t tell whether the stoplights are red or green, and neither can the drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Homeless people routinely direct traffic when the stoplights don’t work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Here, too, the MTA should insist that local jurisdictions provide signal priority at stoplights and dedicated emergency lanes for buses, EMS, police, and the fire department.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024
They build their golden webs between powerlines, on top of stoplights and even above the pumps at local gas stations -- none of which are particularly peaceful spots.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
I see it as my responsibility to ignore the emptiness of the streets, the nonfunctional stoplights, and the occasional clusters of walking dead.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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