trucker

Example Sentences

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Erik Hagerling, an independent trucker based in Michigan, said the diesel price increase has cost him an extra $300 to $400 a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Amarjit Singh, a trucker and owner of a trucking company in the Bay Area, said he and other drivers were hopeful when word of California’s intentions reached them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Before his career at the NYPD, Mr. Harkins worked as a long-haul trucker, “crisscrossing the United States.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Ivorian trucker Souleymane Traore has been driving to Mali for seven years but said lately "you take to the road with fear in your heart".

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Now the cabbie and trucker were sitting on the cab hood exchanging phone numbers.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda