trash collector
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Mr. Paré-Poupart, who calls himself an “anarcho-garbageman,” is no ordinary trash collector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
At the 1969 trial, a Black trash collector named Alvin Clark testified about arguing with Sirhan a few weeks before the California primary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
Folwell said his young adulthood included working as a trash collector and in motorcycle shops before going to college and becoming a CPA.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Huang Yan-wen, a trash collector in Xinyi District, has heard “Für Elise” played on a loop five days a week, nearly every week of the year, for the past 25 years.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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