forklift
Americannoun
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forklifts
plural
verb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of forklift
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On a Saturday in late September 2025, the 40-year-old mother of four was loading crates of grapes onto a forklift in a Fresno County field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
In her own court filing, the staffer described how the center had been blocked off by gates and witnessed how a forklift had "run into and hit the pillars on the building several times."
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Back in Germany, forklift truck manufacturer Jungheinrich is losing customers to Chinese competitors in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Inside a factory alongside Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley, a forklift delivered a stack of precut lumber to two waiting carpenters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Even if his mother ran off with his youngest child, he wouldn’t be able to stop working, not until the forklift was encased in ice.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Crews used forklifts to push the waste outside, where it was loaded into sealed trailers for transport to special dump sites in several states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
A procession of trucks and forklifts has been outside the arena for several days, while police and National Guard troops have a visibly increased presence at the landmark.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He spent time in Iowa, Michigan, and most memorably, Alaska, where he operated cranes, forklifts, and anchored vessels as a dock worker at Pacific Star Seafoods.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
They might have, say, six electric forklifts but a grid connection only large enough for charging ports to supply two or three of the forklifts.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
He saw no forklifts or heavy machinery; the cages must have been assembled by hand.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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