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excavator

[eks-kuh-vay-ter] / ˈɛks kəˌveɪ tər /
NOUN
earthmover
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Che, the former excavator operator, said he was glad his first harvest came through last year, and that he hopes to break even soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In Gaza City, community elders, mokhtars, local dignitaries and civil defense crews gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral after the recovery effort that was accomplished with a single excavator and simple hand tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Guam resident Marie and her partner, who were clearing up the debris with an excavator, had to move out of their house after Sinlaku and were living in a van when Bavi struck.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"I got involved in one where an excavator on the back of a lorry hit a precast concrete bridge on the A50 in Stoke," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

It had left a trail of destruction wider than a tunnel excavator.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Residents walked and rode bicycles along the boardwalk as dozers and excavators moved along the beach, reinforcing the several-foot-high berms built to protect homes from the ocean waves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

At the Albuquerque groundbreaking ceremony, the site was mostly dirt, punctuated by a pair of Deere excavators holding up an American flag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Using excavators and pumping machines, Nepalese rescuers dug a series of trenches from the tunnel all the way to the river outside, so they could drain the water.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Using heavy equipment including "drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters, and other equipment" on Sunday, they drilled four holes before rescuers descended by rope into the crater.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Although the original excavators remain convinced, a team of archaeologists who were not involved in the excavation but receptive to pre-Clovis claims recently visited the site and came away unconvinced.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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