lorry

Example Sentences

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When lorry driver Rod Quaite pulled up to the forecourt of a supermarket to fill up with diesel last weekend he found it had run out.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The Metropolitan Police said officers believed Boakye, 21, was smuggled out of the UK in a lorry after he absconded while in police custody on 15 February.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Filling his water tank at a petrol station outside the city, lorry driver Abdilrashiid Adam Jamac told AFP he now had an Israeli flag hanging in his home.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

When donors pooled around $750,000 to upgrade the waxing, the team welcomed Yolanda, a custom-built lorry with eight work stations, binders of waxing data, more than 600 skis and a snack table filled with cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

A lorry loaded with sofas and shelves and tables was parked by the side, and a man stood beside it talking to a young female civil defender wearing khaki jeans and canvas shoes.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie