incinerator

Example Sentences

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In time, investigators found Mrs. Scott’s dentures and eyeglasses behind the backyard incinerator … but no body.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

The project comes around a decade after the entire archive at St Mark's was nearly consigned to the hospital incinerator.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Gaba drew parallels with the memory holes in George Orwell’s “1984,” which are incinerator chutes that burn references to the past, allowing the government to rewrite history without leaving a trace of the deception.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

In Runcorn, Cheshire, home to the UK's largest incinerator, operator Viridor paid a total of £1m to local families who had complained about noise, smells and other negative effects on their lives.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

Jesper could leave the rope for him, pray the rain and the cooling incinerator was enough to keep the bottom of it from burning away.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo