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A helicopter spotter eventually saw Paredes jumping into a plastic trashcan.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

During that search, officers saw Davis throw his cellphone into a trashcan and place items on top of it as if to hide it, according to a law enforcement affidavit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

We don’t carry a personal device with us — it’s in our cars, at our bus stops, in every public trashcan and streetlight.

From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2021

Now that I’ve read that, I definitely understand the raison d’être for this little trashcan orchid pot bag.

From Slate • May 3, 2019

Then I stash my new postcard underneath the trashcan.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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