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bin

[bin] / bɪn /


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"It's quite clear to see now that the three-weekly black bin collection has been a good new factor. Recycling has improved at the kerbside."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

She spotted the stray phone in the dim corner of a luggage bin within minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

"I had an excellent conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani," Trump said on Truth Social, adding that "much was discussed with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran".

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

When I reached my row, the bin was already full.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

My newest edible sidekick, Pierre the Pineapple, probably has a good two weeks of life before the flies come and Dad dumps him in the compost bin.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

The other larger room contained building supplies including lumber, and large bins filled with commonly used nails, etc., as well as bins containing various types of seeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Darryl Baker was shocked to see piles of clothes dumped beside the recycling bins outside her local supermarket.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

His ratty home under the pig trough was too chilly, so he fixed himself a cozy nest in the barn behind the grain bins.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

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

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Then there are the items that simply have to be binned.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

Clement won a League Cup, took some notable European scalps, drew with Europa League winners Spurs, and only lost in added time to Europa League runners-up, Manchester United, but still got binned.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025

There, he dutifully produced ambitious, unworkable proposals that were read with amused tolerance and promptly binned.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

She added: "For too long, they've been stifled by clunky, outdated rules. We're binning them, to protect pavement pints, al fresco dining and street parties - not just for the summer, but all year round."

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

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

The goodman cast a binning, and the goodwife the spurtle.

From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten


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