How to Use stop-and-go in a Sentence

stop-and-go

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  • Google claims the project could reduce stop-and-go traffic by up to 30%.
    Ben Tracy, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The stop-and-go action of these baits give the bass time to locate them in the chaos of the feeding frenzy.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • My stress test of compositing four video tracks has brought many a video app to its knees in the past with stop-and-go playback.
    PCMAG, 30 June 2024
  • On a recent evening, Ms. Diver, 25, sat in stop-and-go traffic, the red of the brake lights in front glowing through the windshield, as dusk turned to darkness.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But many stop-and-go, stop-and-gos later, and my Uber rolled into the hotel’s driveway with moments so spare.
    Kayla Greaves, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Fed wants to avoid ‘stop-and-go’ rate hikes The Fed is raising interest rates to lower inflation.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Spending much time in stop-and-go traffic could be a painful experience.
    Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • First gear's short ratio (just 4.35:1) gave my left leg and right arm a workout as the car crawled through Florida's stop-and-go congestion.
    Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Frog the Outside Edges Perhaps the most common way to fish a plastic frog in spring is with a slow stop-and-go retrieve along the outside edges of shoreline cover.
    Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
  • Kirkwood would be given a stop-and-go penalty for avoidable contact.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2023
  • Limiting short car trips (less than 20 minutes) can be helpful because the battery doesn’t have enough time to fully recharge on stop-and-go trips.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The entire bike is air-cooled, to save more weight, so three 3.5-inch (90 mm) fans help keep the batteries at optimum temps during stop-and-go traffic or while parked.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
  • Use the same slow stop-and-go retrieve across grassy and rocky points, especially those leading into spawning coves.
    Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
  • Athletes who perform lots of stop-and-go movements, such as football players, are more prone to calf strains, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
  • If your commute is more stop-and-go than switchbacks, the 2024 Seltos's revised cabin should make those doldrums a little more pleasant.
    Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
  • Traffic was also stop-and-go on a section of westbound I-8 after a crash was reported near Waring Road.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The system also regularly shut itself down, even in the stop-and-go conditions for which it’s supposed to be programmed.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Development of the new 911 was done under a variety of conditions, the company says, ranging from freezing cold to the heat of Dubai as well as stop-and-go traffic.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • After all the stop-and-go rollouts, false starts, and frustration at every level, bosses may finally be getting their way.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • Between stop-and-go movement on the tarmac, cabin pressure changes during takeoff and landing, and bouts of turbulence mid-flight, my stomach turns just thinking of it.
    Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Whether Airbus’s stop-and-go holding pattern will leave room for another planemaking competitor to step up and grab some market share remains to be seen.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 July 2024
  • Whether at a high drivetrain load in the demanding conditions of mountain passes or in the stop-and-go traffic of an urban environment, the new 911 has mastered even the most difficult challenges with aplomb.
    Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 May 2024
  • Whereas past iterations had featured only the stop-and-go colors of red and green, Morgan introduced a third, yellow hue, warning travelers to show caution.
    Ethan Karp, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Ivan Drury, director of insights, Edmunds Google Maps users can also switch on the app’s eco-friendly route feature, which recommends more fuel-efficient paths that minimize hills and stop-and-go traffic patterns, which can gobble up gas.
    J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • The driver assistance system does get marks for offering vehicle-follow in stop-and-go traffic without having to press the accelerator or resume button.
    Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023

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