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tractor-trailer

American  
[trak-ter-trey-ler] / ˈtræk tərˈtreɪ lər /

noun

  1. a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.


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But Shearer was seated in the center of the cab, eliminating the right-side blind spot, and he was flanked by screens showing every object around his tractor-trailer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She eventually crashed into two cars and a tractor-trailer that had stalled on the freeway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 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

A number of vehicles, including "one the size of a tractor-trailer" plunged into the water below, officials said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

I could see that JimmyTrotter didn’t talk about his brother, mother, father, or grandmother or the accident caused by the oncoming trucker who had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving a tractor-trailer carrying lumber.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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