incinerator

Example Sentences

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Tesla was an incinerator for years, nearly on the verge of bankruptcy multiple times, as Musk chased the idea of making EVs mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

However, the plan for a port and incinerator lodged with Fiji's government showed it would feed in local waste as well as waste shipped from Australia and across the region.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Neighbors and grassroots groups in South L.A. put their muscle together, stood up to their own council member, and stopped the Lancer project, a closed-system incinerator to burn trash into energy near the Coliseum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

Gaba drew parallels with the memory holes in George Orwell’s “1984,” which are incinerator chutes that burn references to the past, allowing the government to rewrite history without leaving a trace of the deception.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

The only sounds in the kitchen are our Big Ben clock chiming the half hour and the incinerator roaring four floors below.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins