compactor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of compactor
Example Sentences
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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
He and his colleague Echol Cole took shelter in the compactor of their truck.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2023
She pleaded with the workers to help retrieve her belongings from the compactor.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023
In October, the company suspended dozens of workers at a New York warehouse after many of them staged a protest and refused to return to their shifts following a trash compactor fire.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 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
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