heavy machinery

Example Sentences

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On Monday, the white pipes were still visible while workers with heavy machinery covered parts of the field with soil.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The retired nurse, who lives on Attleboro Lane, claimed vibrations caused by heavy machinery had damaged their property: "It's destroyed our home, I'm embarrassed about home, it's falling apart."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Those include a protected bay with deep channels, an entrance wide enough for ships, land for laying out the giant blades and steel towers, and access to heavy machinery to piece them together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Slowly but surely, the unremarkable patch of scrubland next to Palmdale’s McAdam Park has been transformed into a bustling construction site swarming with workers and heavy machinery.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan