trash can

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Out of a Kia sedan emerged a man who carried a bag of trash over to a trash can, rubbed his eyes, and drove off.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

She dumped the water bottle into a trash can by the side of the road.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart