Example Sentences

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Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fuelling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It blamed the downgrade on setbacks that include aprimary crusher failure at a key processing plant at its Kalgoorlie mining hub in Western Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The Steelers loss — and the way it happened — was a crusher.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

In her talk, which has been viewed almost 40,000 times on YouTube, she portrayed him as a crusher of speech and an “anti-role model.”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

I felt like Pinocchio, knowing I was going to meet Liz at the rock crusher on Tuesday.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine