dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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Two women are dead after a crash involving a dump truck in Boone County on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The 59-year-old driver of the dump truck was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, the sheriff's office said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 July 2025
The tire marks from dump trucks hadn’t yet been blown away by the incessant gales of the high desert.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield.
—Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The 59-year-old driver of the dump truck was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, the sheriff's office said.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 July 2025
The tire marks from dump trucks hadn’t yet been blown away by the incessant gales of the high desert.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield.
—Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.
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