garbage truck
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He’s never heard of a doctor’s son running behind a garbage truck: “it’s a family business, passed on from father to son and from brother to cousin.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A garbage truck came and emptied the contents and drove off.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Around that time, a friend who worked as a garbage truck driver offered to help train him for the same role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Julieta Echeverría, 23, raises two young boys in a home perched over a sandy creek into which people toss refuse, as there are no roads fit for a garbage truck.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
There was Marshall Nicolls, the pharmacist, in a long-tailed coat, conversing with his son-in-law who worked on a garbage truck.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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