conveyor

Example Sentences

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As trash flushes down the river — from Westside communities like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Venice — it’s captured by a conveyor belt on the vessel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

"Oh no! There's plenty of work," the 55-year-old told AFP, speaking over the drone of a conveyor line at his new employer, households goods producer Biosphere.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Along the conveyor belts runs everything you could imagine, from shoes, to old VHS cassettes and blocks of concrete.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

As it sinks, it pulls heat, carbon and nutrients downward, helping drive a global system of currents sometimes described as a conveyor belt.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

Not long ago I was standing in an airport retrieving a bag from a conveyor belt.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates