dredger
Example Sentences
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But in 2019 a dredger illegally dragged its gear through the MPA while fishing off the small island of Eilean Dubh.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“They hide machinery in the forest and even sink their dredger barges into the rivers. After they retrieve them, they still work.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Samuel Denapo: Because after we establish this fish trap, the dredger will come and they will put their pipe there, they will start sand-filling everything.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 17, 2021
The 75 families who lived on Tatuoca island began to question the benefits of the port complex expansion in 2009 when a dredger began scooping up chunks of the seabed to accommodate big ships.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
He didn’t think it was necessary to use the oyster dredger.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
