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
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
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
That evening, in the privacy of his room, he tore the pages out in handfuls, crushing them into wads and tossing them into the garbage can.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
