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Recent Examples of traffic circle
The plan also calls for park-like traffic circles at ground level at MAST and at the Marine Stadium entrance -- which now has no crosswalk and no signal -- and improvements at the two other intersections on the causeway road two on Virginia Key.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Homeowners near the traffic circles at two intersections on Kelly Drive said the traffic circles encourage speeding and create a safety hazard for children walking to the nearby Kelly Elementary School.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of those points are on the traffic circle surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, according to an Army map shared with reporters.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Eno’s work led to the first traffic circles, one-way streets, traffic lights, medians for pedestrian safety, the hard angle for left turns and the norm of passing on the right.
—Katy Knight, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Homeowners near the traffic circles at two intersections on Kelly Drive said the traffic circles encourage speeding and create a safety hazard for children walking to the nearby Kelly Elementary School.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Most of those points are on the traffic circle surrounding the Lincoln Memorial, according to an Army map shared with reporters.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Eno’s work led to the first traffic circles, one-way streets, traffic lights, medians for pedestrian safety, the hard angle for left turns and the norm of passing on the right.
—Katy Knight, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traffic circle
Noun
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The Indiana Department of Transportation would be the main funding source and overseer of a roundabout project.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
17 July 2025
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The city announced in an April news release that improvements to Goblin Drive were underway, saying the work included sidewalks, curbs and gutters, drainage improvements, roadway rebuilding and roundabout construction.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Today, the 3 billion crayons the company makes every year are all manufactured via high-speed rotary molds capable of churning out 1,300 crayons a minute.—
Brit Morse,
Fortune,
6 July 2025
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What’s more, the exhaust rotary valve, air compression, and fuel injection are electronically controlled, meaning they can be adjusted on the fly to change timing as needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 June 2025
Noun
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The episode sees Miranda Hobbes' friend Jeremy Fields (Stephen Barker Turner) visiting from London and quickly falling in love with her interior designer (Carrie Preston), with the show's central circle of friends later attending the surprising new couple's wedding.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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In the aftermath, the mother was angry for a week, accusing him of undermining her authority and embarrassing her in front of their social circle.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Zilber developed Caledonia Corporate Park, which is just east of Interstate 94 at the County Highway K/Northwestern Avenue interchange.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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As part of the $130 million project, crews will rebuild the Interstate 264-Brownsboro Road interchange, widen Interstate 264 between Westport Road and I-71, and rebuild and widen the Brownsboro Road bridge over I-264, KYTC officials said in a July 7 statement.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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The restaurant is slightly upscale, without being fussy, and part of a powerhouse group that operates Street & Co., Fore Street, and Standard Baking Co.. Don’t miss the cloverleaf rolls, halibut with brown butter and hazelnuts, and whatever the custard of the day is.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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The woman was grabbed from behind and dragged into the cloverleaf section of Interstate 80 and Madison Avenue, where she was strangled and raped.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Traffic circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traffic%20circle. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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