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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Two police officers are recovering, and a firefighter is back on the job after a garbage truck explosion in an Illinois suburb injured them late last week.
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
If this weren’t bad enough for Harris, a day later, Trump — a showman to the end — showed up in the passenger seat of a huge garbage truck with his campaign logo painted on the side.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign appears to have capitalized on the backlash Biden and the Harris campaign are facing, with Trump holding a press conference from a garbage truck at a Wisconsin airport on Wednesday.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Trump rode around in a garbage truck and conducted his rally in a reflective vest on Wednesday to draw attention to Biden’s disparaging remarks about his supporters.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
If this weren’t bad enough for Harris, a day later, Trump — a showman to the end — showed up in the passenger seat of a huge garbage truck with his campaign logo painted on the side.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign appears to have capitalized on the backlash Biden and the Harris campaign are facing, with Trump holding a press conference from a garbage truck at a Wisconsin airport on Wednesday.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Trump rode around in a garbage truck and conducted his rally in a reflective vest on Wednesday to draw attention to Biden’s disparaging remarks about his supporters.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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