dustbin

Example Sentences

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So today's policy will head straight in to the dustbin of history.

From BBC

In a twist, DeSantis’ modification actually echoes Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who told his political rivals in 1917 to “go where you belong from now on, into the dustbin of history.”

From Seattle Times

Not only have Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his anarchic harassers turned the House into a dustbin of despair, they are also helping to destroy the military, the economy and our democracy.

From Salon

And yet one generation’s treasure chest may be another’s dustbin.

From Los Angeles Times

Some show young people "lying flat" in graduation gowns, faces covered with mortarboards; others show them holding their graduation certificates above dustbins, ready to bin them.

From BBC