lorry

Example Sentences

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On his work journeys in his lorry he has noticed prices rising - how much they have gone up by often depends on where in Northern Ireland you are trying to fill up.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The 50-year-old, from Driffield, East Yorkshire, says driving a lorry has been an ambition of hers from an early age.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Filling his water tank at a petrol station outside the city, lorry driver Abdilrashiid Adam Jamac told AFP he now had an Israeli flag hanging in his home.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

When donors pooled around $750,000 to upgrade the waxing, the team welcomed Yolanda, a custom-built lorry with eight work stations, binders of waxing data, more than 600 skis and a snack table filled with cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

They had been walking for a while now, since they got off the lorry at the motor park, and the afternoon sun burned the back of his neck.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie