Examples of trash compactor in a Sentence
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After sliding down a Brooklyn building’s garbage chute at age 9 to retrieve a superintendent’s keys, his foot caught in the trash compactor and was left hanging by only a tendon.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Sitting there is a 10-ton trash compactor that handled everything that the team threw out.
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Carlton Gillespie,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
When an apartment manager gave investigators access to the apartment, and to Limon's locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor.
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CBS News,
8 May 2026
Inside the trash compactor, detectives found pots and pans, Limon’s wallet and glasses and Bristy’s pink iPhone case.
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Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
The bags that Limon's body was found in were similar to those found under Abugharbieh's bed in their apartment complex's trash compactor, according to court documents.
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Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
When an apartment manager gave them access to the apartment, and to Limon's locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives that Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor.
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ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
In the trash compactor, detectives found Limon’s wallet and campus ID badge, credit card, eyeglasses and clothes that appeared to have blood on them.
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Mike Schneider,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
The wind gusts were blowing in from left field at BayCare Ballpark, steady enough Tuesday that the wretched smell from the city’s trash compactor that sits behind the Carpenter Complex, adjacent to the ballpark, wafted in the air.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Sitting there is a 10-ton trash compactor that handled everything that the team threw out.
—
Carlton Gillespie,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
When an apartment manager gave investigators access to the apartment, and to Limon's locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor.
—
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Inside the trash compactor, detectives found pots and pans, Limon’s wallet and glasses and Bristy’s pink iPhone case.
—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
The bags that Limon's body was found in were similar to those found under Abugharbieh's bed in their apartment complex's trash compactor, according to court documents.
—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
When an apartment manager gave them access to the apartment, and to Limon's locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives that Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor.
—
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
In the trash compactor, detectives found Limon’s wallet and campus ID badge, credit card, eyeglasses and clothes that appeared to have blood on them.
—
Mike Schneider,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
The wind gusts were blowing in from left field at BayCare Ballpark, steady enough Tuesday that the wretched smell from the city’s trash compactor that sits behind the Carpenter Complex, adjacent to the ballpark, wafted in the air.
—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Trash compactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20compactor. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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