eighteen-wheeler
Example Sentences
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In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an eighteen-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes.
From Seattle Times
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
Upon her return, Ms. Russell told investigators that she had been forced into a car and then into an eighteen-wheeler before she escaped, only to be abducted again and put in a car, the police said.
From New York Times
She told investigators that night that she had been forced into a car and then an eighteen-wheeler before she escaped, only to be abducted again and put in a car, Chief Nicholas Derzis of the Hoover Police Department said at a news conference on Wednesday.
From New York Times
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
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