: an excavating machine having a bucket that is attached to a rigid bar hinged to a boom and that is drawn toward the machine in operation
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Large machinery and backhoes are working nonstop across the city ahead of the games, said Jaime Aguilar, a spokesperson for the group Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, which finds an average of two graves a month.
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Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Along the Jewell Avenue corridor east of E‑470, backhoes and construction crews signal what developers describe as Aurora's next major growth frontier.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 7 May 2026
Trucks hauling dirt and bulldozers and backhoes tearing into the earth were visible across the two-lane road that separates her from the data center site.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Only a handful of men still work for the company at Pennsuco, raising the few dozen calves and heifers and repairing the old tractors and backhoes.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Along the Jewell Avenue corridor east of E‑470, backhoes and construction crews signal what developers describe as Aurora's next major growth frontier.
—Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 7 May 2026
Trucks hauling dirt and bulldozers and backhoes tearing into the earth were visible across the two-lane road that separates her from the data center site.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Only a handful of men still work for the company at Pennsuco, raising the few dozen calves and heifers and repairing the old tractors and backhoes.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Backhoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backhoe. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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backhoe
noun
back·hoe
-ˌhō 
: a large machine that digs into the earth with a metal scoop drawn toward the machine
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