trash collector

Example Sentences

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At the 1969 trial, a Black trash collector named Alvin Clark testified about arguing with Sirhan a few weeks before the California primary.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

Folwell said his young adulthood included working as a trash collector and in motorcycle shops before going to college and becoming a CPA.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023

A woman named Aline Sousa, a 33-year-old trash collector, placed the sash across Lula as his eyes filled with tears.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

Huang Yan-wen, a trash collector in Xinyi District, has heard “Für Elise” played on a loop five days a week, nearly every week of the year, for the past 25 years.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

By the time the trash collector came the next day, it was gone.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli