: 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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Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
The driver, a 51-year-old Mississippi man, was uninjured, but the backhoe boom struck — and damaged ― the bridge.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
The Joy Road overpass was damaged in June when a semi-truck carrying a backhoe on a flatbed crashed into it.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Monday’s groundbreaking was held against the backdrop of a backhoe clawing the wall of one of the complex’s eight buildings, two already torn down to the foundation.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
The driver, a 51-year-old Mississippi man, was uninjured, but the backhoe boom struck — and damaged ― the bridge.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
The Joy Road overpass was damaged in June when a semi-truck carrying a backhoe on a flatbed crashed into it.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Monday’s groundbreaking was held against the backdrop of a backhoe clawing the wall of one of the complex’s eight buildings, two already torn down to the foundation.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
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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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