canned

Example Sentences

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Because it wasn’t just his statements on UFOs that got Rossetti canned.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

She staged “commodities luncheons” where she and other welfare mothers served lawmakers government cheese and canned meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Communal washing machines line the utility room, bills are divided so each adult pays £115 a month and the storeroom is stocked with canned vegetables from the allotment.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

And it will lower tariffs on more products, and give duty-free access to pasta, chocolate, potatoes, canned peaches, eggs and certain poultry products.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Also canned food, bottled water, guns, and Geiger counters to measure radiation.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin