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semitrailer

[sem-i-tray-ler] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtreɪ lər /


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Filling up his seven tractors, two semitrailer trucks and a combine harvester for the year cost about $11,500 in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

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

The rule applies to a wide range of trucks including box trucks, semitrailers and even large passenger pick-ups.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 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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