tin can
Example Sentences
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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
"You're kind of trapped in a tin can that's not designed for roaming around," Ally recalls.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025
On a crisp Saturday morning that screamed for adventure, a former tin can factory in North Kansas City, Mo. thrummed with the sound of young people climbing, sliding, spinning, jumping, exploring and reading.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Every day is harder than the last, a Gazan woman reports through a tin can transmitter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023
One by one, they dropped into a tin can with a dull plink, and the surgeon then began sewing up the wound.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
