cherry-picker

Example Sentences

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A council contractor has been verbally abused and says his cherry-picker was damaged as he tried to remove Saltire flags from lampposts in Stenhousemuir.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

That’s when Tacoma Power workers hoisted cherry-picker buckets and began slicing into pieces a 118-year-old city landmark — the Tacoma totem pole.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

The officer alternated between orders and pleads, his cherry-picker crawling more slowly than Tree Man could climb.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2016

Williams walked over to a folding table filled with seating charts and eased into a chair, entirely unfazed by the beeping of a cherry-picker or the electricians rigging lights overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2016

Start with the possession of a cherry-picker utility truck, which they apparently deployed to reach the tops of the 18-foot-tall poles bringing electricity to the farm.

From New York Times • May 15, 2010