How to Use traffic cone in a Sentence
traffic cone
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We were supposed to place the traffic cone by the bend in the road where the truck was meant to stop.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
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Doyle said he was hit in the face with a rock and a plastic traffic cone.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 8 May 2024
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The footage shows one teen chasing him across the street and striking him with the traffic cone.
—Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
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In the video, the suspects chased Lambert and repeatedly hit the man in the head with the traffic cone.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
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One of the men hit the car with a large orange traffic cone, putting a dent in the door, according to the report.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 June 2022
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One of the teens is captured hurling a traffic cone at the victim.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 July 2022
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Some threw traffic cones and others pounded the hood of an SUV that whisked him away.
—Fox News, 13 Feb. 2020
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In one video, a teen does a viral dance with traffic cones fitted to his legs.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 12 July 2019
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In the video, the suspects chased Lambert and repeatedly hit him in the head with the traffic cone.
—Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
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But when Coach Steve Kerr had his staff arrange a set of traffic cones on the court, Green took notice.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
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The front doors were locked, and orange traffic cones blocked the entrances into the parking lot.
—Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 26 July 2023
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In the video, what appears to be a teenage boy and girl can be seen hurling a traffic cone at Lambert three times.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 July 2022
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Video from the scene shows traffic cones and warning signs posted around pools of tar that are covered with sand.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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An orange traffic cone had melted as if made of ice cream.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2018
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One of the activist groups, Safe Street Rebel, has even found a way to make the cars shut down by simply placing a traffic cone on their hood.
—Yiwen Lu, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
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Cassidy recalls seeing an adult bring an orange traffic cone to the den for the pups.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
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There's this kind of very activist-y kind of group that was going around and putting one of those orange traffic cones on the hood of these cars.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
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The city had previously placed traffic cones around the block with plans to move it before the business owner urged the court to stop the city.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020
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The ominous message was taped to an 18-inch orange traffic cone.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
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But for a few days, at least, with traffic cones down and most Olympic checkpoints removed, Pyeongchang can take a breather as the eyes of the world shift somewhere else.
—Ted Anthony, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018
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The protesters threw traffic cones and other objects at the group.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2019
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The sign had been previously damaged and had been affixed to the parking lot with the traffic cone.
—cleveland.com, 6 Sep. 2019
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People would mess with the cars—putting traffic cones on top of the vehicles so the robo-taxis would pull over, or throwing rocks at the windshields.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 May 2024
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Signs, tape and orange traffic cones remind them to keep their distance from the 39 people who work there.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2020
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From coral to traffic cone, find your foolproof guide to orange nail polish, ahead.
—Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
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The trucks carry traffic cones, push bumpers and other equipment.
—Anna Beahm, AL.com, 18 Apr. 2018
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Once the mission is over, Bobbi will head home, get a nice treat and play with her favorite toy, a bright orange traffic cone.
—NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
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The teens then followed the 72-year-old across the street before one of the male assailants attacked him from behind by striking him with a traffic cone.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 9 July 2022
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The song celebrates John Drummond, who stuck the base of a wire Christmas tree into the traffic cone sticking out of the pothole.
—USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2019
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My guess is that both sides are being funded by the deep state cabal that owns the traffic cone concession.
—Cincinnati.com, 20 Sep. 2017
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