How to Use stop-and-go in a Sentence

stop-and-go

adjective
  • Google claims the project could reduce stop-and-go traffic by up to 30%.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The stop-and-go action of these baits give the bass time to locate them in the chaos of the feeding frenzy.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
  • With the Gophers trailing 17-16 in the fourth quarter, Jackson ran a stop-and-go route down the sideline.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
  • My stress test of compositing four video tracks has brought many a video app to its knees in the past with stop-and-go playback.
    — PCMAG, 30 June 2024
  • These are part of what makes the stop-and-go sojourn on I-4 ultimately worth it.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
  • But the best topwaters for this style of fishing have a stop-and-go, popping action.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • On a recent evening, Ms. Diver, 25, sat in stop-and-go traffic, the red of the brake lights in front glowing through the windshield, as dusk turned to darkness.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But many stop-and-go, stop-and-gos later, and my Uber rolled into the hotel’s driveway with moments so spare.
    — Kayla Greaves, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There is nothing worse than being stuck in stop-and-go traffic during rush hour.
    — Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Fed wants to avoid ‘stop-and-go’ rate hikes The Fed is raising interest rates to lower inflation.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • But actual ants—unlike cars—somehow manage to avoid the scourge of stop-and-go traffic.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The improved adaptive cruise control is excellent at slow speeds and in stop-and-go traffic.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Spending much time in stop-and-go traffic could be a painful experience.
    — Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • First gear's short ratio (just 4.35:1) gave my left leg and right arm a workout as the car crawled through Florida's stop-and-go congestion.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Los Angeles, the city famous for its vast freeways full of stop-and-go traffic, has a bold plan in mind for getting people to the 2028 Olympics: no cars.
    — Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Frog the Outside Edges Perhaps the most common way to fish a plastic frog in spring is with a slow stop-and-go retrieve along the outside edges of shoreline cover.
    — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
  • Kirkwood would be given a stop-and-go penalty for avoidable contact.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2023
  • Limiting short car trips (less than 20 minutes) can be helpful because the battery doesn’t have enough time to fully recharge on stop-and-go trips.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The entire bike is air-cooled, to save more weight, so three 3.5-inch (90 mm) fans help keep the batteries at optimum temps during stop-and-go traffic or while parked.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
  • Use the same slow stop-and-go retrieve across grassy and rocky points, especially those leading into spawning coves.
    — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
  • Before the tonneau cover, my average fuel economy around town (with lots of stop-and-go) was 8 to 9 mpg.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Athletes who perform lots of stop-and-go movements, such as football players, are more prone to calf strains, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
  • If your commute is more stop-and-go than switchbacks, the 2024 Seltos's revised cabin should make those doldrums a little more pleasant.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
  • Traffic was also stop-and-go on a section of westbound I-8 after a crash was reported near Waring Road.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The system also regularly shut itself down, even in the stop-and-go conditions for which it’s supposed to be programmed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Much has changed for the global economy since then with the uncertainty of the Trump administration and its stop-and-go tariffs.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Development of the new 911 was done under a variety of conditions, the company says, ranging from freezing cold to the heat of Dubai as well as stop-and-go traffic.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • One-pedal driving can make urban and stop-and-go driving feel more intuitive and can also help city drivers gain back several miles of range during their commutes.
    — Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
  • His stop-and-go is ridiculous, him and [Ravens QB Lamar Jackson] both, right?
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025

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