excavator
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“This is the third day we’ve done this,” Al-Zaharnah said, standing beside the excavator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Guam resident Marie and her partner, who were clearing up the debris with an excavator, had to move out of their house after Sinlaku and were living in a van when Bavi struck.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
In the meantime, Interlune is testing an autonomous excavator and building a research factory in Texas.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
"The noise was very loud. When we came out, we saw the excavator."
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
In the fall, he’d invested a large sum of money in new construction equipment—an excavator, a man lift and a welding trailer.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
About seven years ago, Jim Wiseman rallied his construction company, Rieth-Riley, and others in the community to donate excavators and crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Two excavators were working to dig more graves in the light brown earth.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
In the most recent efforts, Caltrans said, it used drones to help survey the slopes and remotely operated bulldozers and excavators to reduce risks to workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Rescuers used excavators to dig a channel, allowing the whale to swim free - but attempts to guide it to the North Sea proved unsuccessful as it veered towards shallower waters.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Although the original excavators remain convinced, a team of archaeologists who were not involved in the excavation but receptive to pre-Clovis claims recently visited the site and came away unconvinced.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
