lorry
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"Anyone who is running a lorry is absolutely devastated when they get their fuel bill at the end of the month. There's no business on earth that can withstand that increase in costs," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Hauliers have described the cost to their businesses as "devastating" and say it now costs £250 a week more to fill up a lorry.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
During the inquest, Suffolk Coroner's Court heard that 30 tonnes of force was exerted during each compaction cycle in the back of a bin lorry and so the chances of someone surviving were "slim".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
One popular social media video has a Nigerian narrating how he stopped a speeding Dangote company lorry driver, telling him not to be reckless with company property.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He was bigger than a three-ton lorry, with horns the length of my father’s arms and points as sharp as daggers.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
At around seven o'clock last Saturday morning, dozens of men dressed in black climbed into the backs of lorries in a quiet Kent village called Preston-next-Wingham.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
They arrived in well-organised waves in the backs of lorries.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In Coedpoeth, villagers say lorries began dumping a few months ago on former farmland off Talwrn Road, and one person said so much had been deposited it had "levelled off" a hillside.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Before lorries became the preferred mode of transportation, wherries - large sailing boats used in the Broads - would have transported goods to and from the factory.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Men in the backs of the lorries knew nothing.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
