trash collector

Example Sentences

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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

A woman named Aline Sousa, a 33-year-old trash collector, placed the sash across Lula as his eyes filled with tears.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

If your trash collector regularly spills trash, call the company.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2021

Since his first job as a trash collector, Mr. Grayson has worked many snowstorms, whether driving a plow-equipped garbage truck or overseeing operations as a supervisor and then a chief.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2020

“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