compactor
Example Sentences
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Next up is a driverless Caterpillar compactor with spiked steel wheels that will run over a programmed course, flattening fresh layers of refuse to make way for additional waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rita Cogay, who operates a compactor at the site, told AFP on Friday she had stepped outside to get a drink of water just moments before the building she had been in was crushed.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Each garbage compactor — which holds about four tons — was contaminated with medical and hazardous waste, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Most trucks were operated by a driver and a collector, who hops out of the truck at each stop and hoists the debris from the cans into the compactor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
He was afraid, he said, of the escalators in the Atlanta airport, which looked like the teeth of some giant trash compactor.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
