garbage truck
noun
US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans
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Listen to this article Former Portage Mayor James Snyder will be back on trial in the U.S. District Court in Hammond this fall — for the third time — on a bribery charge involving a $13,000 payment for a garbage truck contract.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The city of Oakland to replace three street sweepers and a garbage truck.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The driver of the garbage truck was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, the Frankfort fire district said.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
There’s a lot of garbage in The Couple Next Door and by the fourth and fifth episodes, the garbage is steering the garbage truck.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The city of Oakland to replace three street sweepers and a garbage truck.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The driver of the garbage truck was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, the Frankfort fire district said.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
There’s a lot of garbage in The Couple Next Door and by the fourth and fifth episodes, the garbage is steering the garbage truck.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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