jerry
Example Sentences
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When AFP visited, she was carrying water in large, plastic jerry cans and hand-washing clothes in a bowl on the dirt floor.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
People bought five-gallon jerry cans, filled them, and bought more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
"I used to sell up to five jerry cans of shea oil a week, right now I can only fill two jerry cans at most."
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
Hundreds of gallons of water in ten gallon plastic jerry jugs.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
