truck driver

Example Sentences

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With fuel prices persistently high, the truck driver now sticks to an average 62 mph to 65 mph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A truck driver has been lightly injured after a United Airlines plane clipped his vehicle and a streetlight as it approached Newark Airport in New Jersey on Sunday.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Cynthia decided to do it herself, so she called her estranged husband, Don Gonzalez, a truck driver, and asked him to leave work to pick up their daughter.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Immigrant rights groups said the new federal guidelines create severe economic hardship for immigrant commercial drivers in California, who are lawfully qualified to work but cannot obtain licenses, exacerbating a truck driver shortage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Loren Johnson, Billie’s father, ostensibly worked as a truck driver, “but he never held any job for long,” she says.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer