cherry-picker
Example Sentences
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A council contractor has been verbally abused and says his cherry-picker was damaged as he tried to remove Saltire flags from lampposts in Stenhousemuir.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
That’s when Tacoma Power workers hoisted cherry-picker buckets and began slicing into pieces a 118-year-old city landmark — the Tacoma totem pole.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021
A new officer, who seemed particularly confident with the cherry-picker, strapped on a helmet, stepped into the compartment, and directed an operator, who lifted him as close to Tree Man as possible.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2016
But that day hadn’t yet arrived when the cherry-picker made its way down Misurata’s Tripoli Street.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016
Williams walked over to a folding table filled with seating charts and eased into a chair, entirely unfazed by the beeping of a cherry-picker or the electricians rigging lights overhead.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2016
