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Next to an upside-down garbage can improbably sprouting legs and a head and tinnily broadcasting “God Bless America” is a figure group modeled on the famous image of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"They don't see us as a town. To them we're just another garbage can," she said.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

Once, he even called out a Reds player’s lack of hustle on the basepaths — and ended up stuffed in a garbage can.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

People snow skiing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, garbage can lids and plastic baby pools used as makeshift sleds, snowmen on the beach; it was something out of this world.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2025

She walked around to the back, and pulled a garbage can over to the bottom of the fire escape.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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