cherry picker
noun
1
: a traveling crane equipped for holding a passenger at the end of the boom
2
: one who cherry-picks
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The site was surrounded by emergency vehicles, including police vans and a fire engine with a cherry picker shining light onto the scene below where investigators carried out their work.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Lake County officers then asked workers with the nearby Townsend Tree Company to bring out a boom lift or cherry picker to snag the dog, Jones said.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Being in the same room as the smoke and the cherry pickers and the performers belting out the tunes has a ritualistic fervor that is nothing like the experience of watching something unfold in two dimensions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
The mayor then boarded a cherry picker and was lifted up to uncover the Satisfaction Way sign.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Lake County officers then asked workers with the nearby Townsend Tree Company to bring out a boom lift or cherry picker to snag the dog, Jones said.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Being in the same room as the smoke and the cherry pickers and the performers belting out the tunes has a ritualistic fervor that is nothing like the experience of watching something unfold in two dimensions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
The mayor then boarded a cherry picker and was lifted up to uncover the Satisfaction Way sign.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Cherry picker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherry%20picker. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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