fire truck
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Origin of fire truck
Example Sentences
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A fire truck cart lost a tire but still made it to the end of the course.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
I pass a Target where Salmon once had a meltdown over a Paw Patrol fire truck.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Rousseau had sparked controversy by issuing an English-only video message to express condolences after a deadly collision late on March 22 between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Forest and the other pilot, Mackenzie Gunther, were killed when an Air Canada plane operated by Jazz Aviation collided with a fire truck on Sunday night at LaGuardia airport in New York shortly after landing.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
“There’s something that needs doing in our neighborhood. Any way we can borrow a fire truck? The big one with the ladder?”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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