cherry picker
noun
1
: a traveling crane equipped for holding a passenger at the end of the boom
2
: one who cherry-picks
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The man continued shouting while clinging to the founding father’s head until police emergency services went up in a cherry picker forklift and wrestled him off the statue.
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Social media lit up after a video by influencer Collin Rugg went viral showing a cherry picker being awkwardly hoisted between the statue’s legs during installation.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The vehicle ultimately crashed into a cherry picker forklift, and Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The man later stepped off the building and got into a cherry picker, per the AP and BBC.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Social media lit up after a video by influencer Collin Rugg went viral showing a cherry picker being awkwardly hoisted between the statue’s legs during installation.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The vehicle ultimately crashed into a cherry picker forklift, and Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The man later stepped off the building and got into a cherry picker, per the AP and BBC.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Cherry picker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherry%20picker. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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