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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In June 2024, the justices ruled that the $13,000 payment Snyder received over a garbage truck contract was a gratuity, not a bribe, because the payment came after the contract and not before.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Dash camera video posted by the Huber Heights Police Department on its Facebook page shows the worker rolling the bin toward a garbage truck, lifting the lid and quickly staggering back before pointing toward the container as officers pull up.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
The sister of a woman who died of injuries resulting from an incident with a Louisville garbage truck wants answers.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Vizcaino then drove the garbage truck about a half-mile down the road before crashing it into the guardrail on the Alford Street bridge.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Dash camera video posted by the Huber Heights Police Department on its Facebook page shows the worker rolling the bin toward a garbage truck, lifting the lid and quickly staggering back before pointing toward the container as officers pull up.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
The sister of a woman who died of injuries resulting from an incident with a Louisville garbage truck wants answers.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Vizcaino then drove the garbage truck about a half-mile down the road before crashing it into the guardrail on the Alford Street bridge.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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