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eighteen-wheeler

[ey-teen-hwee-ler, -wee-] / ˈeɪ tinˈʰwi lər, -ˈwi- /


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“A power line was hanging across the road and an eighteen-wheeler truck ran into it and got hung up in it and the Benton officer got there to help him,” Whittington said.

From Fox News • Jan. 11, 2020

He has a meaty, frank voice — it hits bluntly, but without much depth, like painting with a brush lashed to an eighteen-wheeler.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019

She took a sip of Gatorade as she whizzed past an eighteen-wheeler.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018

Braseth had the 3-ton sculpture lifted onto an eighteen-wheeler and trucked to Seattle, where Fabrication Specialties of Seattle's South Park neighborhood sandblasted it and replaced the plumbing.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2012

“Like I got hit by an eighteen-wheeler and my limbs were turned into jelly.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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