truck

[ UK /tɹˈʌk/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹək/ ]

VERB

convey (goods etc.) by truck
truck fresh vegetables across the mountains

NOUN

a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

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But as I was mulling this a little later, I was suddenly struck by one of those things that was probably already obvious to everyone else: There are a handful of strange inflection points where rock nerd culture and mass culture are in eerie synchrony for a few moments before skittering off in their respective ways for a bit — and one of them was my early teens. The (Rock) Stars Are Aligned
Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
She was struck dumb at the news.
He died after his van crashed into a rubbish truck.
Those who had struck it rich wore black woollen trousers and Napoleon boots, and sported silk sashes and gaily coloured kerchiefs.
Two fire trucks and more than 50 firefighters were last night battling to extinguish the blaze. Times, Sunday Times
In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
Two separate guys (guy in trucker hat who I think is the liquid metal Terminator/Davey Scantino) and the other is Bathroom-Using Man who wore no cap. Matthew Yglesias » Anticlimax
Then, the phrase had struck Vincent as doting and naive, but sometime during his stay in Toulio, as his grasp of the Chinese language deepened, and as he learned—or was forced to learn—from his mistakes, he had felt the title gain merit and accuracy. Heaven Lake
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.

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