truck stop

noun

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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Murray’s vehicle, which Egger had taken to a car wash after the murder, was found days later at a truck stop in Franklin, Ky., according to newspaper reports. — USA TODAY, "Alabama executes man convicted of murdering his boss," 15 Mar. 2018 The bill also relaxes parking restrictions for the truck stop casinos. — Julia O'donoghue, NOLA.com, "Louisiana Senate committee agrees to relax video poker regulations," 14 Mar. 2018 The company also made another bet on the United States economy with its purchase of a nearly 40 percent stake in Pilot Travel Centers, a truck stop operator. — The New York Times, New York Times, "A Short Market Week, Walmart Earnings and Warren Buffett’s Letter," 18 Feb. 2018 States are enacting laws to ban the sale of fake urine, which retails for about $17 to $40 in head shops, truck stops and on the Internet, and is easy to purchase. — Washington Post, "The Health 202: Why Cleveland is on the front lines of legal battle against opioid makers," 9 Apr. 2018 According to court records, at about 10:30 a.m. a deputy saw Ginther's truck stopped on County Road N.E. 1253 in rural Adrian, Mo., and tried to talk to him. — Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, "Bates County deputies shoot at truck during pursuit; 19-year-old driver charged | The Kansas City Star," 24 Apr. 2018 Then, Basaldu and Rios drove to an area near some brush farther south of the truck stop, where a dozen immigrants ran out of the bushes and into a waiting Honda Pilot driven by Rios and into a Honda Accord driven by Basaldu, the affidavit said. — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, "Two charged over 12 immigrants found on the South Side," 30 Mar. 2018 Semi trucks lined up at the Flying J truck stop in Midland on May 29. — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, "Hot Commodity in the Shale Boom: Truckers," 8 June 2018 Typically, when a new man camp or truck stop opens in Pecos, the town’s mayor, Venetta Seals, shows up to cut the ribbon. — Jeffrey Ball, Fortune, "Photographing The Permian Basin," 25 May 2018

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