Examples of trash compactor in a Sentence
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In a trash compactor at the complex, investigators found Limon’s wallet and glasses and a pink iPhone case that belonged to Nahida Bristy, the other missing student.
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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.
—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
For example, a former Goodwill employee revealed that her store was so overrun with mugs that the overstock ended up in a trash compactor.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Under federal law, a trash compactor cannot legally be loaded by anyone under 18 years of age.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
On a cold morning in January, a trash compactor rolled down a stretch of East 12th Avenue, where a dozen people lived in tents and cars.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
The family of a Brooklyn mother whose body was found stuffed in a black plastic bag inside a NYCHA complex trash compactor room is desperate to know how a fun night out with friends ended with her death and dismemberment.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Those expansive delights have all been smashed into our current trash compactor of Political Relevance All the Time.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
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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.
—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
For example, a former Goodwill employee revealed that her store was so overrun with mugs that the overstock ended up in a trash compactor.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Under federal law, a trash compactor cannot legally be loaded by anyone under 18 years of age.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
On a cold morning in January, a trash compactor rolled down a stretch of East 12th Avenue, where a dozen people lived in tents and cars.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
The family of a Brooklyn mother whose body was found stuffed in a black plastic bag inside a NYCHA complex trash compactor room is desperate to know how a fun night out with friends ended with her death and dismemberment.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Those expansive delights have all been smashed into our current trash compactor of Political Relevance All the Time.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Trash compactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20compactor. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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