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semitrailer

[sem-i-trey-ler] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtreɪ lər /


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It’s over 8 feet tall, nearly 11 feet wide and travels by 53-foot semitrailer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Dash-camera and body-camera video released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows troopers with their lights and sirens on following a semitrailer before the truck stops.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

DPS officials said a tractor-trailer crashed into a passenger car, pushing it into another semitrailer and two other cars.

From Seattle Times Jun. 30, 2023

It features stealth technology and is capable of conventional takeoffs as well as launching from modules such as shipping containers and semitrailer trucks.

From Washington Times Jan. 3, 2023

They weren’t in the fifth-wheel or the semitrailer.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Three semitrailers and two cars were involved in the collision.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2023

A few years ago, Bud Bosch noticed semitrailers occasionally rumbling along the two-lane rural road by his property.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2023

The Chinese rocket stage is massive — weighing 22 metric tons and measuring as long as a pair of 53-foot semitrailers parked end to end, Muelhaupt said.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2022

“Send your semitrailers home,” Ms. Freeland told protesters.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2022

The strong winds also whipped up dust that reduced visibility to zero west of Wakeeney, Kansas, the state Department of Transportation said, and caused at least four semitrailers to blow over.

From Washington Times Dec. 16, 2021




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