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Recent Examples of jackknifeAn investigation shows that a semi-truck pulling tandem trailers hydroplaned, causing the driver to lose control and the semi to jackknife.—Sam Gillette, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The semi then crashed into two other 18-wheelers, causing one to jackknife and hit a Jeep Compass, Ford Mustang and Honda, officials with DPS told WFAA-TV.—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025 Mendoza hit the car in front of him, causing him to jackknife, which in turn caused his entire load of heavy steel pipes to land on my husband's truck, crushing him and killing him instantly.—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025 The trailer of the truck turned sideways in jackknife fashion and was blocking all northbound lanes.—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jackknife
Investigators allegedly recovered evidence from Louisma's car, including a pocketknife with blood stains on it, machetes, a rope, a roll of duct tape, pink HeyDude shoes, and a cut up pink shirt with duct tape wrapped around it, CBS2 Iowa reports.
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KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
When the juveniles returned to take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate, Mumme allegedly exited the building and confronted them with a pocketknife, police said.
In Episode 2, wouldn’t tech-savvy Claudette have a proper iPhone case that would survive a three-story belly flop?
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Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
An early version of Starship tried to bleed off that kinetic energy with a kind of aerodynamic belly flop that ended in a catastrophic loss of control.
As a result, Palace’s centre-back leaps higher than Maximilian Kilman and his header deflects off the West Ham defender, onto the bar, but Mateta is in position to score from the rebound.
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Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Multiple deflected shots pinged around to Bia Zaneratto; her shot was blocked in front of the goal, but Chawinga was there to dunk the header into an empty net in the 74th minute.
The Dorsey Moissanite collection is here, and with Vogue First, Vogue Shopping readers get exclusive access to shop the new drop before anyone else for 24 hours.
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Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
In an exclusive conversation with Travel + Leisure, Kardashian spilled all the details about her latest Fabletics drop, her go-to airport uniform, and the clever packing tricks that make back-to-back trips feel seamless.
Of those, four are standalone structures on the water and share a private dock with individual slips for boats 31-feet long.
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Sandra Barrera,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
Luckily, a member of the Sippy Downs family spotted the snake slip inside the pizza box and called Snake Catcher Dan for help in safely removing the reptile.
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