trash collector
Example Sentences
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“This job is not easy,” said a 26-year-old trash collector as he took a quick break to splash water on his face before rushing back to his position as another wave of pilgrims approached.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023
He picked grapes in California and oranges in Florida, was a trash collector in Atlanta and mined gold in Ontario, his daughter said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022
Huang Yan-wen, a trash collector in Xinyi District, has heard “Für Elise” played on a loop five days a week, nearly every week of the year, for the past 25 years.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
Our story starts nearly a decade later and eight miles down the road from San Simeon, with a trash collector who was once hired to haul materials up to the Hearst Castle construction site.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
