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Excavators were at work along the shoreline - houses built on wooden stilts over the lagoon were still being pulled down, their planks collapsing into the water below.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Excavators dug at the sea of soil, and rescue workers tried to break into some buried houses from the rooftops.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Excavators and other heavy machinery bore through the debris to carve out a path to reach the workers and prepare an escape passage, local media channels showed.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023

I see by The Dentists' Daily that our Union has declared a sympathetic strike with the Amalgamated Excavators and Theological Students.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 by Various