eighteen-wheeler
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In the world of electric vehicles, an eighteen-wheeler is like a swimming pool — and the connections available at today’s highway stops are akin to garden hoses.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022
Schools and colleges in several states canceled classes, and drivers in Texas found themselves stuck in frigid temperatures overnight, after an eighteen-wheeler jackknifed on Interstate 10 in Kerrville, about 60 miles northwest of San Antonio.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022
“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
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
