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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Scientists estimate a garbage truck's worth of plastic waste enters the oceans every minute, where large debris threatens fish, sea turtles and marine mammals with entanglement and smaller plastics enter the ocean food web.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often putting the fire out.
—Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
His viral video riding around in a garbage truck and wearing a McDonald’s apron also boosted his support with working-class voters, turning them away from then-candidate Kamala Harris and former President Joe Biden during the 2024 election.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
Watch:Video captures sinkhole where garbage truck crash knocked out power for parts of Omaha
Watch: Sinkhole swallows truck in Japan
What caused the sinkhole?
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Typically, a garbage truck driver will compress the truck's load if fire is seen, starving the flames of oxygen and often putting the fire out.
—Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
His viral video riding around in a garbage truck and wearing a McDonald’s apron also boosted his support with working-class voters, turning them away from then-candidate Kamala Harris and former President Joe Biden during the 2024 election.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
Watch:Video captures sinkhole where garbage truck crash knocked out power for parts of Omaha
Watch: Sinkhole swallows truck in Japan
What caused the sinkhole?
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for garbage truck
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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