tin can
Example Sentences
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King Charles, who became patron of the RHS in 2024, and the Queen presented awards including to a display called The Queen Bee made from upcycled containers – with tin can bees.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Residents have responded in kind, posting a picture of a tin can phone to signal their slide back to the pre-digital age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Movies to be watched on planes, making bearable the three or nine hours spent in a tin can, squashed on all sides, munching tiny pretzels and trying not to order yet another gin and tonic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Every day is harder than the last, a Gazan woman reports through a tin can transmitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
He chewed on a tin can as we stared across the pond at the line of new cabins under construction.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
