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[bin] / bɪn /


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Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Count Binface, the self-styled intergalactic space warrior, has again taken centre stage in UK politics, wearing a giant silver rubbish bin on his head.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

More embarrassing still is that polling of the general public reveals that, as a whole nation, we would actually rather the bin got it.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

But in a pantheon of colourful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

It’s there, painted in dazzling white on the dark metal bin.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

They were formed with cones, shipping pallets, chairs, trash bins, or even neighbors inside a traffic circle.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Goals were awarded instead of points, dribbling outlawed and rings with nets replaced the bins.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Using a plastic bag to collect the soil and disposing of it in the garbage — not green yard waste bins — will help to reduce the spread of airborne chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

First they stopped by the alley where Papa kept the gray trash cans and blue recycling bins.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Even when Joe Hawkins was binned after five minutes Wales grew stronger.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

However, Quins had fly-half Smith binned in the second half and La Rochelle took advantage to draw level through unconverted tries by former England wing Jack Nowell and scrum-half Thomas Berjon.

From Barron's Jan. 18, 2026

Tice was repeatedly asked about whether the election pledges - pitched by Farage at the time as a "contract" with the British people - had been binned.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2025

That plan was binned within eight minutes after Nicolo Tresoldi's early opener was followed by right-back Max Aarons' red card.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

There, he dutifully produced ambitious, unworkable proposals that were read with amused tolerance and promptly binned.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

A mother says penalties for binning batteries should be clearer after being handed a "soul-destroying" £11,500 fine.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

"Together, we pioneered the trio binning method for genome assembly. This approach was also published in Nature Communications."

From Science Daily Jan. 12, 2026

Opening windows where possible and practising good hygiene - using and then binning a tissue for coughs and sneezes and washing your hands - can help prevent this.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

This new information about olfactory genes in cats was made possible through a new approach to genome sequencing called trio binning, which allows researchers to sequence the most difficult regions of a genome.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

When binning the wine the bottles are held by their necks and slid into their places with such ease and safety that a child might be entrusted with the work.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly




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