Definition of truck stop
: 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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En route, the driver pulled into a truck stop, which happened to have a McDonald’s.
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As part of the operation, FBI agents and task-force officers staged investigations in hotels, casinos and truck stops, as well as on street corners and online.
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In cases where the driver of the truck stops, as was the case Thursday, TxDOT typically attempts to recoup some losses and costs associated with damage from the driver's company and insurance.
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The legislation signed by Wolf authorizes a major gambling expansion in Pennsylvania to include online gambling, interactive gambling parlors in airports including Philadelphia, and video gaming terminals in certain truck stops.
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Undercover agents staged operations in hotels, casinos, truck stops, street corners and online websites.
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Ashland is one of the places the truck stops every single day of the year.
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In December, Gonzalez was arrested by state police, who allegedly found firearms, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine in a truck stopped on the Juárez-Chihuahua City highway, according to El Paso Times archives.
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She was seen shortly after noon Friday at the TA Travel Center in Janesville and has a history of asking for money and rides at truck stops and gas stations, according to the release.
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First Known Use of truck stop
circa 1951
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Definition of truck stop for English Language Learners
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: a restaurant that is near a highway and that is used especially by truck drivers
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