jerry
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When AFP visited, she was carrying water in large, plastic jerry cans and hand-washing clothes in a bowl on the dirt floor.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
A child lugs a jerry can half his size full of water.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
She propped her camera on a five-gallon-size rumpled jerry can that at one time contained cooking oil, and set the timer.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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