semitrailer
Americannoun
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Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached.
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It’s over 8 feet tall, nearly 11 feet wide and travels by 53-foot semitrailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
In Texas, a tornado overturned semitrailer trucks and damaged motor homes as well as a marina in northern Denton County, said Dawn Cobb, a county spokeswoman.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
Minely Beatriz Ramirez-Valdez was part of a group nabbed inside a Peterbilt semitrailer at a Border Patrol highway checkpoint en route from southern Texas to Houston on Thursday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Stephen Smith, 19, died in what investigators said was a hit-and-run, likely struck in the head by the mirror of a semitrailer on a Hampton County two-lane road in 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
They weren’t in the fifth-wheel or the semitrailer.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
The rule applies to a wide range of trucks including box trucks, semitrailers and even large passenger pick-ups.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
A few years ago, Bud Bosch noticed semitrailers occasionally rumbling along the two-lane rural road by his property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
The Chinese rocket stage is massive — weighing 22 metric tons and measuring as long as a pair of 53-foot semitrailers parked end to end, Muelhaupt said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
“Send your semitrailers home,” Ms. Freeland told protesters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
The strong winds also whipped up dust that reduced visibility to zero west of Wakeeney, Kansas, the state Department of Transportation said, and caused at least four semitrailers to blow over.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
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