trash collector

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

For the poor daughter of a trash collector, it was a luxury she couldn’t refuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 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