cloverleaf

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Recent Examples of cloverleaf 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 Barrel racing, in which a horse and rider run a cloverleaf pattern around barrels, returns to the fair after years at 6 p.m. on Monday. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for cloverleaf
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Noun
  • Beyond the 60% of Imprint’s revenue that comes from interest income, the interchange fees merchants pay when consumers swipe their Imprint cards make up another 35%.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The Main Street Extension and Route 17 interchange will serve as primary access to Route 9 for the southern section of downtown Middletown, following the Harbor Drive interchange being closed.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities are strongly urging residents to avoid all non-essential travel, as roads, bridges, and overpasses will be extremely slippery.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The state has legislated myriad penalties against cities and counties that don’t find places for homeless people to sleep, including a command to incarcerate people caught sleeping on government property, which usually includes sidewalks and underpasses.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The Hubbard’s Cave street underpass under I-90 and I-94 in West Town was also painted and new LED lights were installed.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Jason O'Bryan Jason O'Bryan has set up a professional life at the intersection of writing and cocktails.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The intersection of toxic masculinity (i.e., loss of their virginity is a rite of passage into manhood) and adultification (i.e., viewing and treating Black boys as men) perpetuates early sexualization and hypersexualization of Black boys.
    Essence, Essence, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Cloverleaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloverleaf. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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