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Origin of shredder
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Like the trees cut down and pulverized to make Man-su’s beloved paper products, ultimately we’re all being fed into the shredder.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
“What if the old financial playbook is costing you?” says the text above a graphic of a $100 bill going through a shredder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
A second group was told to destroy the document in a shredder or put it in a plastic box.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024
Timmins, of Fair Lawn, Albrighton, in Shropshire, was operating the shredder when it stopped and used a digger to lift Mr Willis up on top of it, prosecutor Christine Agnew KC told Wolverhampton Crown Court.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023
Rough drafts of articles and scrap paper with notes were carried back to the Times building and put through the basement shredder.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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