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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Arias, who co-owns the bar, said the initial boom sounded like a garbage truck dropping a dumpster on the ground.
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Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor-trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
The thieving began in Birmingham, with the theft of a garbage truck, Lt. Joni Money said in a statement Feb. 20 detailing the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing investigation.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
The garbage truck driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers, police said.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
Others on scene said the body was found by a GFL Environmental garbage truck driver and was in a barrel next to the dumpster.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
Fire officials in Manchester told Fox affiliate WFXT that a garbage truck driver had noticed the woman, who has not been identified, through a camera in the truck after the garbage had already been compacted four times and called 911 for help to get the woman out.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
According to Indeed, garbage truck drivers make an average base pay of $54,575, while collectors make an average of $41,007.
—USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2024
Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor-trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
The thieving began in Birmingham, with the theft of a garbage truck, Lt. Joni Money said in a statement Feb. 20 detailing the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing investigation.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
The garbage truck driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers, police said.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
Others on scene said the body was found by a GFL Environmental garbage truck driver and was in a barrel next to the dumpster.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
Fire officials in Manchester told Fox affiliate WFXT that a garbage truck driver had noticed the woman, who has not been identified, through a camera in the truck after the garbage had already been compacted four times and called 911 for help to get the woman out.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
According to Indeed, garbage truck drivers make an average base pay of $54,575, while collectors make an average of $41,007.
—USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
The drivers of the two passenger vehicles and the garbage truck were taken to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the second tractor trailer was not injured, Mitchell said.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2024
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