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Origin of shredder
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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
Banksy soon took credit for the prank, saying he hid the remote-controlled shredder in the frame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 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 shredder, the jury was told, should have been switched off while the task was carried out, but instead it was still ejecting waste.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023
To go through all that and give birth to a shredder: it wasn’t a fine thought.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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