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.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

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.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

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

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

When I opened them, only the trash can was beneath the tree.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli