jackknife
Example Sentences
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Four lorries have jackknifed in an eight-vehicle crash, causing major delays on a main road through Essex.
From BBC
Officers were initially investigating a jackknifed semitruck in the median when another semitruck failed to slow and yield to signs posted on the road, the Montana Highway Patrol said.
From Washington Times
The pileup of cars and jackknifed tractor-trailers had a cascade effect.
From Seattle Times
The class was full of people who looked like athletes or models or both, contorting their bodies into positions named after sharp objects like “jackknives.”
From New York Times
Wednesday, apparently when a truck jackknifed on the bridge and was struck by another truck hauling potassium hydroxide.
From Washington Times
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