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- noun Plural form of
traffic-light (alternative spelling oftraffic lights ).
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May 28th, 2010 at 10: 11 am traffic-lights in: Science & Technology News
IBM’s Traffic Lights Can Stop Car Engines traffic-lights – Impact Lab 2010
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In addition special settings for traffic-lights will be installed and dedicated lanes set aside for the swift transit of these swells to their fun.
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In addition special settings for traffic-lights will be installed and dedicated lanes set aside for the swift transit of these swells to their fun.
Archive 2008-03-02 2008
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Anna could see the silver Mercedes at the traffic-lights.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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Anna could see the silver Mercedes at the traffic-lights.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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Anna could see the silver Mercedes at the traffic-lights.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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It was bewildering to find oneself back in the street, in a living Paris, with women in tight-fitting trousers doing their shopping, bars full of nickel-plated furniture, cars throbbing in front of traffic-lights.
Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962
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One can remember all kinds of little irrelevant details: that the sentence one is searching for came two-thirds of the way down on a left-hand page; or that just as Oliver made that so maddeningly mislaid witty remark the traffic-lights changed from red to amber and a passer-by dropped his newspaper.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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They began turning out traffic-lights and locking up landing-towers on Thursday night.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Jerry Dobrovolny, transportation director for the City of Vancouver, doesn't think it will be quite that emphatic, but says his staff is tweaking the traffic-lights system in the city for a 2 p.m. start to deal with increasing traffic.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN BAILEY AND VIVIAN LUK 2011
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