jerry
Example Sentences
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People bought five-gallon jerry cans, filled them, and bought more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Mensah and Rose got out, collected a jerry can from the boot, climbed over a wall and headed for units one and two.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
A child lugs a jerry can half his size full of water.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Hundreds of gallons of water in ten gallon plastic jerry jugs.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
