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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Chopper 2 was over the scene as Port Authority workers and heavy machinery, including an excavator and a dump truck, converged on the sinkhole.
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Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Blame it on my other projects, like the 1966 Ford dump truck that’s currently parked in my driveway with two flat tires.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 13 May 2026
Samantha Moore, 19, of Ankeny was passing through the intersection when her car and a dump truck collided, ABC affiliate WOI reported.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
That’s a significant haul of sand, equal to more than 20,000 dump truck loads, although it’s delivered in a more energy-efficient watery slurry through a pipe across the beach from a dredge in the harbor.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Blame it on my other projects, like the 1966 Ford dump truck that’s currently parked in my driveway with two flat tires.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 13 May 2026
Samantha Moore, 19, of Ankeny was passing through the intersection when her car and a dump truck collided, ABC affiliate WOI reported.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
That’s a significant haul of sand, equal to more than 20,000 dump truck loads, although it’s delivered in a more energy-efficient watery slurry through a pipe across the beach from a dredge in the harbor.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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