tractor-trailer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“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 pickup truck was stopped on the freeway after being involved in a previous collision when it was struck by the tractor trailer truck shortly before 4 a.m.,
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
Macauley Owen, a groundworks engineer from Anglesey, died in hospital on 6 January 2023 after he was hit on the head by the rear gate of a tractor trailer.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024
Another tractor trailer skidded into a parked state police cruiser, which then struck a second parked cruiser in the median.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
A tractor trailer had been pushed across an access door to unit 4.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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