truck stop
noun
: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage
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The Markham Plaza spaces include Shorepower truck stop electrification stations, allowing truck drivers to turn off their engines and charge equipment, which a toll authority statement said means cleaner air and less noise.
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier, my father and I had eaten breakfast in a truck stop at Deacon’s Corner, on the outskirts of Winnipeg.
—Miriam Toews
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Late that night, in an emotional moment, he was reunited with his teammates at a truck stop on the way to the rest day in Toulouse.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Steele, as a longtime lover of roadside dive bars, truck stop diners and cross-country road trips, would know.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Earlier, my father and I had eaten breakfast in a truck stop at Deacon’s Corner, on the outskirts of Winnipeg.
—Miriam Toews
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Late that night, in an emotional moment, he was reunited with his teammates at a truck stop on the way to the rest day in Toulouse.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Steele, as a longtime lover of roadside dive bars, truck stop diners and cross-country road trips, would know.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for truck stop
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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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