trash can

Example Sentences

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He bent down, picked up a straw wrapper and disposed of it in the nearest trash can, then kept walking.

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Prosecutors argued that this left his poorly trained, panic-stricken crew effectively useless amid the fire, which possibly originated in a trash can sometime after 2:35 a.m.

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I jerked my head toward the trash can when she looked at me in surprise.

From Literature

Poer likes to joke that he has to get rid of Quillian’s things when he isn’t looking or “he would climb into the trash can and pull things back out.”

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“I’m explaining everything from how you throw your trash in the trash can to how you hold your pencil,” Clark said.

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