dustbin
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For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
When Dornan ran again in 1998, with volunteers vowing to pursue any election irregularities, Sanchez walloped him, and he was swept into the dustbin of political history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The broadcast network triopoly went into the dustbin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Nor did he take satisfaction that most of them now lie in the dustbins of history while he is more celebrated than ever, as humanity goes to hell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Four decades after its release, Haggerty’s music was pulled from the dustbins and caught the ear of a new generation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
It is a hard fight for survival for the residents, some of whom wake up in the morning to search for food in dustbins.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2021
The quarterback trap Brissett used for a 27-yard touchdown scamper was a play previously resigned to dustbins and high school fields.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2020
Seagulls strutted in the dustbins outside Cap'n Scallywag's.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
