dustbin

“Like the ban on whaling or the abolition of slavery, it’s time to consign trophy hunting to the dustbin of history,” said Eduardo Goncalves, a conservationist with the U.K.-based Wildlife and Conservation Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

For Farage, "while it's embarrassing for him to win against a dustbin, and not the mainstream parties, he will return as MP," said Catherine Barnard, a political expert at Cambridge University.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

When Dornan ran again in 1998, with volunteers vowing to pursue any election irregularities, Sanchez walloped him, and he was swept into the dustbin of political history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Straight to the dustbin of history, one of many macho mistakes in a decade full of them.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Feitó-Cabrera made the comments earlier this week at a session of the National Assembly, in which she spoke about people begging and rummaging through dustbins in Cuba.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025

Nor did he take satisfaction that most of them now lie in the dustbins of history while he is more celebrated than ever, as humanity goes to hell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022

Four decades after its release, Haggerty’s music was pulled from the dustbins and caught the ear of a new generation.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

He began spending much of his time mixing up dustbins full of white paint and adding dry pigment, bit by bit, in an effort to match the existing colors in National Trust houses.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019

And when he went scrounging in the dustbins of Brazzaville, Rickie went along—riding on his back!

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall