truck stop
noun
: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage
Examples of truck stop in a Sentence
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There are at least two large new housing developments planned as well as a new truck stop and a hotel.
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Kirk Siegler, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Among them are fire risks associated with lithium-ion batteries that electric vehicles use and how National City, which has historically suffered from toxic diesel emissions, can best benefit from having a truck stop.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Records show Justin’s credit card was used at a truck stop sandwich shop in Seguin that same night, per KRIV.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
Berkshire responded with allegations that Haslam tried to bribe employees at the Pilot truck stop chain to inflate the company’s value in order to increase the amount Berkshire would have to pay.
—Randall Chase, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
The 23-year-old suspect had struck up a conversation with the driver at a truck stop about 85 miles east of Tucson, officials said.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
Dave Kroupa and his longtime partner, Amy Flora, had a son and daughter together after meeting in 2000 while working together at a truck stop.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
The new rezoning will allow for at least 50,000 square feet of retail space, with a gas station that is not a truck stop, Interim Planning Manager Christian Williams explained to the City Council.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2024
Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024
Kirk Siegler, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Among them are fire risks associated with lithium-ion batteries that electric vehicles use and how National City, which has historically suffered from toxic diesel emissions, can best benefit from having a truck stop.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
Records show Justin’s credit card was used at a truck stop sandwich shop in Seguin that same night, per KRIV.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
Berkshire responded with allegations that Haslam tried to bribe employees at the Pilot truck stop chain to inflate the company’s value in order to increase the amount Berkshire would have to pay.
—Randall Chase, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
The 23-year-old suspect had struck up a conversation with the driver at a truck stop about 85 miles east of Tucson, officials said.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024
Dave Kroupa and his longtime partner, Amy Flora, had a son and daughter together after meeting in 2000 while working together at a truck stop.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
The new rezoning will allow for at least 50,000 square feet of retail space, with a gas station that is not a truck stop, Interim Planning Manager Christian Williams explained to the City Council.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2024
Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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