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The Chancellor Gordon Brown reacted by cutting duty on ultra-low sulphur petrol, freezing duty on other grades of motor fuel, putting more vehicles into the lowest vehicle excise duty band — a tax cut for most lorries — and taxing foreign truckers using British roads.
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Ian King, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
To avoid trucks that could swallow the Yaris whole in their grills, there are elbows to pull off onto and let lorries or more aggressive cars pass.
—Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
In the morning, there’s a concrete lorry parked outside, preparing to pipe in a motherlode.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Wandsworth made headlines in 2023 when former British soldier Daniel Khalife escaped by clinging to the underside of a lorry while awaiting trial for espionage and terrorism offenses.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
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Ian King, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
To avoid trucks that could swallow the Yaris whole in their grills, there are elbows to pull off onto and let lorries or more aggressive cars pass.
—Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
In the morning, there’s a concrete lorry parked outside, preparing to pipe in a motherlode.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Wandsworth made headlines in 2023 when former British soldier Daniel Khalife escaped by clinging to the underside of a lorry while awaiting trial for espionage and terrorism offenses.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lorry
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“Lorry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lorry. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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