backhoe

Example Sentences

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Around 5 in the evening a backhoe arrived, finally.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Festival-goers can compete for the title of best welder, crane operator or backhoe loader -- or be crowned the "Oildorado Queen."

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 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

A few days later, detectives found the stolen backhoe at a truck stop in Tulare.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Then came the backhoe, its engine groaning through the night.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson