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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The high court’s June 26 decision determined, among other matters, that the payment to Snyder from the Buha brothers, owners of Great Lakes Peterbilt, was a gratuity because Snyder received the money, reportedly for consulting work, after the business got the garbage truck contracts and not before.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Dylan Taylor was hit by a garbage truck while biking to work at La Entrada Middle School in Menlo Park on Wednesday, May 7, local ABC affiliate KABC-TV and local FOX affiliate KTVU reported.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 13 May 2025
Watch the video above to see a boy's fond farewell to his favorite garbage truck driver.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Snyder in 2014 received a $13,000 check for consulting services from a garbage truck company after the town awarded lucrative contracts to the company the year before.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Dylan Taylor was hit by a garbage truck while biking to work at La Entrada Middle School in Menlo Park on Wednesday, May 7, local ABC affiliate KABC-TV and local FOX affiliate KTVU reported.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 13 May 2025
Watch the video above to see a boy's fond farewell to his favorite garbage truck driver.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Snyder in 2014 received a $13,000 check for consulting services from a garbage truck company after the town awarded lucrative contracts to the company the year before.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Mar. 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 25 May. 2025.
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