tractor-trailer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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That’s a win for consumers, because the fuel powers the tractor-trailer trucks and other types of transportation infrastructure that move goods to stores.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
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 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
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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