dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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Footage of the accident’s aftermath shows the Target with a gaping hole the size of a swimming pool and the dump truck entirely inside the store.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
That same year, 16 people were killed after a Uyghur attacked dozens of Chinese police officers with a dump truck and machetes.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
According to the complaint, Acosta was working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power when Mathis berated him for blocking his driveway with a city dump truck and threatened him with a gun.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Everett Carter, 61, a Jackson County Public Works employee, in Missouri, was carrying out snow removal when he was hit by a dump truck Sunday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
That same year, 16 people were killed after a Uyghur attacked dozens of Chinese police officers with a dump truck and machetes.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
According to the complaint, Acosta was working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power when Mathis berated him for blocking his driveway with a city dump truck and threatened him with a gun.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Everett Carter, 61, a Jackson County Public Works employee, in Missouri, was carrying out snow removal when he was hit by a dump truck Sunday.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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