excavator

Example Sentences

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“It’s like a hydraulic system. It really is very much like the jacks that push your car up, or something that an excavator might have,” Drew said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

In the meantime, Interlune is testing an autonomous excavator and building a research factory in Texas.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Just to the north, where the village is known as Ban Nong Chan, Thai soldiers stood guard in front of an excavator filling a truck with debris during a military-organised media tour.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

“This is a historic day,” Ben-Gvir said as a yellow excavator behind him pushed into one of the compound’s walls, drowning out his voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

It had left a trail of destruction wider than a tunnel excavator.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer