garbage can
Example Sentences
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"They don't see us as a town. To them we're just another garbage can," she said.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“No Black person’s ever asked me why Mookie threw the garbage can through the window,” he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Following a bear, who’ll knock over a garbage can to lick out a discarded jar of peanut butter but may ignore chicken bones, could be a win for the smaller animal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025
People snow skiing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, garbage can lids and plastic baby pools used as makeshift sleds, snowmen on the beach; it was something out of this world.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
I couldn’t lift the garbage can either, so I had to get my dad to help.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
