compactor

Example Sentences

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She pleaded with the workers to help retrieve her belongings from the compactor.

From Los Angeles Times

After two Black garbage collectors, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were fatally crushed by a garbage compactor, Black sanitation workers across the city protested poor working conditions and the Memphis Department of Public Works’ mistreatment of employees.

From Los Angeles Times

CBP agents using x-ray machines discovered anomalies in the trash compactor shipment, and uncovered bricks of a white powdered substance.

From Washington Times

A shipment of a trash compactor and a shipment of thermos bottles sent from Sweden to Colorado were found to contain ketamine, Customs and Border Protection agents in Atlanta announced Thursday.

From Washington Times

Dr. King was in Memphis as an act of solidarity with Memphis Sanitation workers who had been out on strike since early February after sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed by their malfunctioning trash compactor.

From Salon