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On a Texas road called 'the mouth of the wolf,' a semitruck packed with migrants was abandoned in the sweltering heat Both incidents are under investigation.
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Andi Babineau, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
An investigation conducted by Tempe police found that a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office vehicle was traveling through the intersection when a semitruck crashed into it.
—Joanna Jacobo Rivera, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
But the statement clarified that the semitruck was the only vehicle to have struck the animals.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2023
Maxwell confirmed that the vehicle was a semitruck carrying 60-foot concrete trusses for road construction.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
On the high end, a new semitruck can cost $200,000 or more.
—Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2022
There were no signs of impairment on the semitruck driver.
—Ayana Hamilton, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022
Eli, 50-year-old Sarah Pliner was killed just a few blocks away, run over by a turning semitruck while riding a bicycle at Southeast 26th Avenue and Powell.
—oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
With the Capitol in the background and the tune of an ice cream truck looping nearby, the crowd had assembled to remember Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, who was biking home from her sons’ elementary school when she was crushed by a semitruck.
—Alicia Parlapiano, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
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Andi Babineau, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
An investigation conducted by Tempe police found that a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office vehicle was traveling through the intersection when a semitruck crashed into it.
—Joanna Jacobo Rivera, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
But the statement clarified that the semitruck was the only vehicle to have struck the animals.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2023
Maxwell confirmed that the vehicle was a semitruck carrying 60-foot concrete trusses for road construction.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
On the high end, a new semitruck can cost $200,000 or more.
—Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2022
There were no signs of impairment on the semitruck driver.
—Ayana Hamilton, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022
Eli, 50-year-old Sarah Pliner was killed just a few blocks away, run over by a turning semitruck while riding a bicycle at Southeast 26th Avenue and Powell.
—oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
With the Capitol in the background and the tune of an ice cream truck looping nearby, the crowd had assembled to remember Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, who was biking home from her sons’ elementary school when she was crushed by a semitruck.
—Alicia Parlapiano, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
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“Semitruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semitruck. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.
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