hydraulic
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The hydraulic tipper lifts the front end of an open-roof trailer, spilling more than 20 tons of trash out of the tailgate at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It featured a hydraulic lift, ventilation and a rail and cart system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Using heavy equipment including "drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters, and other equipment" on Sunday, they drilled four holes before rescuers descended by rope into the crater.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The economic basis for the powerful Aztec state was hydraulic agriculture.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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