tractor-trailer
Americannoun
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But Shearer was seated in the center of the cab, eliminating the right-side blind spot, and he was flanked by screens showing every object around his tractor-trailer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
County Superior Court that the tractor-trailer drivers’ conduct was “grossly negligent” — and that “lax security” by the company allowed the theft to occur.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
He pointed to a 2016 Florida crash where a Tesla’s Autopilot system failed to distinguish the side of a white tractor-trailer from the bright sky and didn’t activate the car’s brakes.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
In 1978, as the dancers were returning from a show in New Jersey, a tractor-trailer crashed head-on into their bus.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
A safe way to get there was in one of the big tractor-trailer trucks that carried cargo from Kenya into Sudan.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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