How to Use traffic cop in a Sentence
traffic cop
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The blockading country's navy must essentially pull over ships, like a traffic cop at sea.
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Scott Neuman,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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To prevent the literal crossing of signals, a traffic cop (the government) needs to allocate and regulate the space.
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Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a sense, OMLET would be like a space-traffic cop, marshaling the orbits of satellites and debris.
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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As usual, the Charlotte Hornets coach is dealing with a fair share of them up and down the roster, and a traffic cop is almost necessary to navigate the constant comings and goings.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Dec. 2025
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The show began with a pre-recorded segment echoing Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho that featured Sam Elliott as an off-putting traffic cop.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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Because the Dectravalve kept temperatures low and uniform—and the battery management system didn’t need to play energy traffic cop and slow charging to a crawl to avoid overheating—charging time was cut by roughly 60 percent.
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IEEE Spectrum,
17 Dec. 2025
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The company twisted the knife with Super Bowl ads mocking OpenAI’s slop, and Altman fired back, sniping that Anthropic wanted to be the traffic cop of AI.
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Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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