trash can

Example Sentences

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Along with "burner" phones from the US delegation, the confiscated items were tossed in a trash can at the bottom of the stairs of the presidential jet.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“I’d never been a human trash can before.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Earlier this month, a Gardena police officer responded to a report that there were whimpers and cries coming from a self-compacting trash can outside a local church.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

But she seems open to hearing more as she stands there, one hand still resting on her trash can.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

She takes her hand away, shaking her head as she pulls her gloves off and carefully puts them in a trash can by the door.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott