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sanitation worker

American  

noun

  1. a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.


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Evaristo Casares Fernandez, a sanitation worker, noted that it would fall to him to clean up the floating mass of footwear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

So, like many SSI recipients, she has continued to live with her father, who makes around $2,000 a month as a Philadelphia sanitation worker.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

The 35-year-old sanitation worker -- who organizes paid gold-digging tours -- says he had tripled his yearly average find from one ounce a year to three using the gadgets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

In another, he was observing a clean up behind the yellow tape when a sanitation worker purposefully obstructed his view and ordered him to move back while on a public sidewalk, the suit alleges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Though I won’t be a sanitation worker like my dad.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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