tractor-trailer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The culprit’s tractor-trailer had the real trucking company’s name and trailer number on the side, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Customs and Border Protection officers encountered Friday, when a 29-year-old man drove a commercial tractor-trailer to the Otay Mesa commercial facility and tried to enter San Diego County.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024
In Alabama alone, at least three men have died since 2015, when 21-year-old Braxton Moon was hit by a tractor-trailer that swerved off the interstate.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
In 1978, as the dancers were returning from a show in New Jersey, a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into their bus.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
We got into the big, empty tractor-trailer truck and sat down and watched as the dry desert land just rolled away behind us.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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