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

They crashed down into the thing, the incinerator.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson