canned

Example Sentences

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He was stunned when it was a short talk, followed a few hours later by an email telling him he was canned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

From Slate • Jun. 8, 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

You can even rescue other canned beans from pantry purgatory: kidney, white, garbanzo, whatever you have on hand.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

The new basement shelter had a four-inch-thick door, Army cots and canned food, a direct phone line to the Pentagon’s bomb shelter, and a shower to wash off radioactive fallout.

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