Sentence examples for playing traffic from inspiring English sources

There is rarely an air traffic controller playing traffic cop.

Tech firms – rooted in America's liberal tradition of free speech – are skittish about playing traffic cop about posted content.

TARRYTOWN - A BAND was playing, traffic was backing up, impatient children were waiting to have their faces painted, and dozens of excited dogs in costumes were sniffing the sidewalk, waiting for the pet parade to begin.

Forward Jamal Mashburn delivered 21 points, picking up important slack caused by the hobbled point guard Tim Hardaway, whose sprained left foot limited him to playing traffic cop for his frontcourt.

The artillery unit of the Marine Task Force Tarawa, thick in Nasiriya combat two weeks ago, is now playing traffic cop along Highway 1, which leads to Baghdad, and a connector road that does not even have a name.

The New York Power Authority is planning to play traffic cop for electricity.

In this broadcast the host Charles Laughton plays traffic cop for performances by Arthur Rubenstein, Leonard Warren, Isaac Stern, Roberta Peters, Gregor Piatigorsky, Marian Anderson, Renata Tebaldi, Risë Stevens and Jan Peerce.

-- and the owners of North American doughmakers like Kwan -- the United States Figure Skating Association failed to exert its might to play traffic cop.

Speaking to ABC, he added that the campaign did not want Clinton "to have to play traffic cop … having to spend the whole debate correcting the record".

"It's going to be a huge construction site," said Iris Weinshall, the city transportation commissioner, adding, "We're going to have to play traffic cop down there for all those competing interests".

Mr. Ross also will need to play traffic cop to some of the biggest personalities in Hollywood, coordinating movie release dates for strong-willed directors and producers like Steven Spielberg, Jerry Bruckheimer and Robert Zemeckis.