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Like the trees cut down and pulverized to make Man-su’s beloved paper products, ultimately we’re all being fed into the shredder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
The purchase of Crown also includes a meat shredder, a machine used to cut up cooked chicken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
A second group was told to destroy the document in a shredder or put it in a plastic box.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
The court previously heard Timmins, of Fair Lawn in Albrighton, Shropshire, had been running the shredder when it stopped abruptly.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
Rough drafts of articles and scrap paper with notes were carried back to the Times building and put through the basement shredder.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
In November 2024, detectives executed a search and arrest warrant at the defendants’ home and discovered a head-to-claw bear costume and meat shredders they say were used in the scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
What a professional does: Pros dispose of sensitive documents and data using top shredders and secure erasure methods.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
Hong Kong police said in a news conference Friday they had arrested two men, one of whom had been trying to destroy documents with paper shredders and bleach.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
On the night of November 11 the shredders came and set up their great machine on the floor of the forage barn, ready to commence work the next morning.
From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter
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