excavator

Example Sentences

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"Watching the excavators, seeing how thick the mud is… I keep thinking, what condition will my child be in when they find him?" she said.

From BBC

Soon after that, large excavators were at work removing power lines and rubble.

From Washington Post

In the early 1890s, excavators digging in Mound 25 at the Hopewell location near Chillicothe, Ohio, found an altar with more than 100 burned and broken obsidian spear points, also known as bifaces.

From New York Times

The two “gold miners from way back” brought in an excavator and spent a week shoring up the squat, one-story building with cement blocks.

From Los Angeles Times

Kurum, the urbanization minister, posted a video of excavators clearing terrain.

From Seattle Times