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backhoe

[bak-hoh] / ˈbækˌhoʊ /


NOUN
excavator
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Around 5 in the evening a backhoe arrived, finally.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Hundreds of people had now gathered to watch the backhoe operate.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

“I feel like everything was taken from us,” Reyes said as the sound of the backhoe loomed in the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

We passed by a checkpoint manned by the National Guard and the LAPD, then had to stop for 20 minutes on a narrow hillside road as a backhoe was unloaded from a flatbed truck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

In the end, though, cursing his old bones and grunting like a hungry pig, he succeeded, the backhoe lurched forward, and as it did Amarante’s floppy hat jolted off his head.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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