cloverleaf

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Recent Examples of cloverleaf While the old cloverleaf interchange may look simpler, the new DDI design will improve traffic flow onto the interstate and increase safety around the area, particularly pedestrian safety, according to WisDOT's informational video. Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 In America, horror is a cloverleaf: at once a bound reality and a recurring spectacle, shared and remixed online, appropriated and made a fool of by soulless pundits on Fox News. Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 May 2022 One of those projects is the Interstate 75 interchange at Fruitville Road in Bradenton, which will be transformed from a traditional cloverleaf configuration into a diverging diamond design. Steve Wilson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Sep. 2024 State of play: The department unveiled plans last year to remove one of the cloverleaf exchanges and add two flyover bridges, like the Urban Loop in Urbandale. Jason Clayworth, Axios, 30 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for cloverleaf
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Noun
  • The group maintains that interchange fees have not increased in recent years and that credit card fees are hardly the highest expense that most businesses have to pay.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • Chime’s core business — offering no-fee banking services, debit cards, and early paycheck access — draws most of its revenue from interchange fees.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Tensions escalated and by Sunday, portions of L.A. freeways were shut down as some protesters and/or outside agitators vandalized downtown stores, defaced buildings, hurled rocks from downtown overpasses onto law enforcement vehicles and set fire to a few Waymo cars.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • The two are separated by an Interstate 95 overpass and the complex intersection of South Miami Avenue, South Dixie Highway, Brickell Avenue and Southwest 26th Road.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Flash flooding would likely occur in small creeks and streams, as well as on highways, streets and underpasses with poor drainage and in low-lying areas, officials said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 May 2025
  • Visible signs of homelessness still line sidewalks and freeway underpasses from Sacramento to Los Angeles, an entrenched crisis rooted in a tight and unaffordable housing market that grew worse in January when more than 12,000 homes burned to the ground in Los Angeles County.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The incident occurred just before 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the intersection of 13th Street and Pearl Street.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 2 June 2025
  • Turning to Tim: Tim brings vast experience leading high-impact commercial organizations at the intersection of media, technology, and consumer behavior.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025

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“Cloverleaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloverleaf. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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