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
When the dog found the correct garbage can, officers eventually knocked it over.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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
He stripped off his apron, and draped it over a garbage can.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
