tractor-trailer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The president and First Lady Melania Trump met on Friday with local officials on the ground - standing in front of an upended tractor trailer - and surveyed the damage.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
“You can’t take a big tractor trailer and say, ‘OK, smaller engine, but it should still work the same,’ ” says Bill Gauley, an engineer and water efficiency consultant based in Toronto.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025
The driver of the tractor trailer truck remained at the scene, Graham said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
The truck then hit a tractor trailer in another lane and caught fire.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024
It easily rolled over the plant’s 30-foot seawall, sweeping a tractor trailer into the building complex and pulling a massive oil tank into the ocean when it receded.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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