garbage can
Example Sentences
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"They don't see us as a town. To them we're just another garbage can," she said.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
“No Black person’s ever asked me why Mookie threw the garbage can through the window,” he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
A few minutes later I came upon another man, who was digging through a garbage can for something to drink.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
He recently referred to the U.S. as a whole as “a dumping ground,” saying, “We’re like a garbage can for the world.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024
Taylor crushes his bag and hands it back to me, empty, like I'm a garbage can.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
