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bin

[bin] / bɪn /


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Councillors said in the authority's meeting the change to three-weekly bin collections meant the council should still hit target despite the disruption.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

One answer might be value stocks, the companies in the market’s bargain bin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Trump said further strikes seem unlikely after meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani to discuss mediation efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Also, I wondered what would happen if I put my carry-on in the first-class bin.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

I crumple yet another scrap and toss it in the burn bin.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Formerly middle-class Greeks stood in long lines outside soup kitchens, and could sometimes be spotted scavenging from municipal garbage bins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

I looked down the aisle and saw people who were seated much farther back had put their bags in the bins over the forward rows.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

During a recent stay in Stafford, she paid a £35 cleaning fee but was still asked to strip the beds, put on a wash, empty bins and carry rubbish to a recycling area.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

In Koreatown, the department has 17 automated litter bins and 19 metal slatted bins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

After they reached their transatlantic altitude, Poppy took pillows and fuzzy blue blankets down from the overhead bins.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Lakai, the terrific openside, was binned for persistent New Zealand offsides.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

A mum's fight for a £12m fortune tops the Sun's front page, after a shopkeeper reportedly binned her winning lottery ticket.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

However, Quins had fly-half Smith binned in the second half and La Rochelle took advantage to draw level through unconverted tries by former England wing Jack Nowell and scrum-half Thomas Berjon.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

"When I was growing up, you'd get a couple of plastic throwaway items from the supermarket in the days before Halloween, and then they were binned," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

Jon clapped him on the shoulder with his binned hand.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Lives are being put at risk because of refuse fires sparked by people incorrectly binning their batteries and electrical goods in household waste, a union boss has warned.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Together, we pioneered the trio binning method for genome assembly. This approach was also published in Nature Communications."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026

England prop Joe Marler has apologised for a "poorly articulated" social media post before Saturday's match against New Zealand, where he said the haka "needs binning".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

This new information about olfactory genes in cats was made possible through a new approach to genome sequencing called trio binning, which allows researchers to sequence the most difficult regions of a genome.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023

When binning the wine the bottles are held by their necks and slid into their places with such ease and safety that a child might be entrusted with the work.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly


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