tin can
Example Sentences
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The Mets began the season with an even bigger payroll than L.A.’s and has done nothing but make New York City want to kick a tin can down the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
He was a mostly self-taught golfer who had fashioned a swing using a branch from a guava tree for a club and a crushed tin can for a ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
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
And there was usually a tin can with food still clinging to the inside.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
