collector

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In July 1846, two months after the U.S. invaded Mexico, the tax collector came calling for six years’ back taxes.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

As of October, the tax collector had lost approximately 19,000 people, or 19% of its staff, from one year earlier, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

"I thought about maybe taking them down the litigation side of things but the solicitor suggested a debt collector."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It was discovered by avocational fossil collector Lloyd Gunther and donated to the Kansas University Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum in 1981.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick