canned

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The two stocks will replace canned foods maker Campbell’s and swimming pool supplier Pool in the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Because it wasn’t just his statements on UFOs that got Rossetti canned.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

She staged “commodities luncheons” where she and other welfare mothers served lawmakers government cheese and canned meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"They gnaw everything except metal. Because of the mice, we had to eat all food products except canned food quickly, or else the mice would destroy them all."

From BBC • May 17, 2026

As soon as she saw him come up the alley, she would pick up a basket of mending, or scrub the pots, or reorganize the canned goods on the shelves of the kitchen area.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago