eighteen-wheeler

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If his second trip to Climate Pledge Arena is as showstopping as his 2022 concert, when he converted an eighteen-wheeler into a stage, it’s likely to be one of the biggest parties of the year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

“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

Two eighteen-wheeler trucks containing 35 massive crates and boxes pull up to Avant Gardner, an event space on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

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

From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018

In another tank, peeking out from its cement cave, was a squid the size of an eighteen-wheeler, with a beak like a giant bolt cutter.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan