garbage can

Example Sentences

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“You think you can get Cora Phillips to even talk to you after the garbage can incident?”

From Literature

They have lost interest in the mundane—how cereal boxes, air conditioners, fish-stick packages or garbage cans will change over the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal

They can be as large as buildings or as small as garbage cans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Raccoons are known for breaking into peoples garbage cans, leading to the nickname "trash panda".

From BBC

“No Black person’s ever asked me why Mookie threw the garbage can through the window,” he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal