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heavy machinery



NOUN
excavator
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"Across Venezuela, we're identifying heavy machinery worth saving after years of neglect," he said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Ukraine's defence ministry earlier said it struck a facility in the Russian city of Oryol run by a sanctioned heavy machinery manufacturer.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Martín Ramírez, who owns a car shop next to the warehouse, said when he initially arrived for work Tuesday morning, the warehouse was filled with busy workers as usual, cleaning and operating heavy machinery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

We got out at the northwestern edge of the lagoon, where there are swaths of land that have been churned up by heavy machinery, stretches of gravel, and remnants of fencing.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Beneath the carpet is a concrete slab that rests on earth that was compacted twenty years ago by heavy machinery.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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