trashcan
Example Sentences
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The woman who emptied a Knicks trashcan on the street and stole it gets fired from her executive job at JPMorgan Chase.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The exhibition space is fashioned as a schoolhouse tipped on its side, with a desk and chair on the wall along with a trashcan overflowing with crumpled, doodled homework.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
They were disposed of properly, but the trashcan didn’t have a lid or anything.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2020
At a crossing near the Irish town of Dundalk, adults and children wearing headlamps warmed themselves around a flaming trashcan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
They reminded Milton of the lace cover over the bathroom trashcan.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
