garbage can
Example Sentences
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“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
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
I’d hide forbidden foods in the garbage can in my bedroom.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2024
I eat lunch at my desk and have to deal with the dog staring while I eat and sticking its head in my garbage can looking for leftovers.
From New York Times • May 25, 2024
He tossed his empty plate into the garbage can and went off in search of a drink, leaving Moody alone with the last few bites of his quiche, now gone cold.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
