Examples of roll-off in a Sentence
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There are ten vessels stranded at the Port of Baltimore, including one roll-on/roll-off vessel loaded with cars, farm equipment, and trucks stranded in the port.
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Lori Ann Larocco, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Normally used to transport vehicles worldwide, the giant roll-on/roll-off vessel has now become a tourist attraction for curious locals who are shuttled out to the massive vessel in small boats.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Police say a Volvo D16 three-axle truck was traveling northbound on West Street with its hydraulic roll-off bed in the elevated position.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
Officers responded around 2:30 p.m. near the 1900 block of Graves Court and determined that a roll-off truck was driving toward an exit gate at a facility along Graves Court when Maynor A. Ortega-Garcia, 21, was crossing in front the truck, police said in a news release.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Cement mixers, roll-off and dump trucks, which all share a common architecture, will be built first, followed by refuse trucks and terminal tractors.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
Many photographers consider the ideal bokeh as having a very gentle roll-off, with no sharp edges defining the circle—a Gaussian blur.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2016
Initial proposals would have made the second dock terminal skinnier, unequipped for cranes and only capable of handling roll-off loading, which would have cost around $200 million less.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
Firefighters responded to a call of multiple vehicles on fire on a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship named Grande Costa D’Avorio around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said in a statement.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 7 July 2023
Lori Ann Larocco, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Normally used to transport vehicles worldwide, the giant roll-on/roll-off vessel has now become a tourist attraction for curious locals who are shuttled out to the massive vessel in small boats.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Police say a Volvo D16 three-axle truck was traveling northbound on West Street with its hydraulic roll-off bed in the elevated position.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
Officers responded around 2:30 p.m. near the 1900 block of Graves Court and determined that a roll-off truck was driving toward an exit gate at a facility along Graves Court when Maynor A. Ortega-Garcia, 21, was crossing in front the truck, police said in a news release.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Cement mixers, roll-off and dump trucks, which all share a common architecture, will be built first, followed by refuse trucks and terminal tractors.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
Many photographers consider the ideal bokeh as having a very gentle roll-off, with no sharp edges defining the circle—a Gaussian blur.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2016
Initial proposals would have made the second dock terminal skinnier, unequipped for cranes and only capable of handling roll-off loading, which would have cost around $200 million less.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
Firefighters responded to a call of multiple vehicles on fire on a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship named Grande Costa D’Avorio around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, the US Coast Guard said in a statement.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 7 July 2023
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“Roll-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll-off. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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