compactor
Example Sentences
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Besides the bulldozer, the company plans to deploy an autonomous Caterpillar compactor at the landfill in the coming months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Rita Cogay, who operates a compactor at the site, told AFP on Friday she had stepped outside to get a drink of water just moments before the building she had been in was crushed.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Even a tiny robot — DG-33, sort of cutesy spin on a trash compactor — has developed some quirks, namely a sassy Southern accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
They’re going tent to tent, clearing them before throwing whatever items remain in a trash compactor.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
He was afraid, he said, of the escalators in the Atlanta airport, which looked like the teeth of some giant trash compactor.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
