front-end loader
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of front-end loader
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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A front-end loader would roll down the seemingly endless aisles and pop the trees out one by one.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
People were searching the debris when a cleric asked them to start digging graves, and it took a day to dig enough with a front-end loader, a bulldozer and many people.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
Kazi Mohammad was using a snowblower in the driveway of a rental property trapped by a four-foot snow bank, dumped there by a front-end loader.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
Kurdish fighters heaved them one by one into the shovel of a yellow front-end loader, which moved them into a 40-foot gravel truck to be taken away for burial.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
At one point, to reward McCandless with a task that involved slightly more skill, Westerberg attempted to teach him to operate a front-end loader.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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