trash barrel
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Oxford said he and Walters had burned their clothes, masks, and boots in a trash barrel at his grandmother’s house outside town.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But as we glide upward, we spot a trash barrel right beneath us.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2016
"If I was making the money they're making, I'd put a trash barrel over my head."
From Newsweek ● May 25, 2010
Late on Friday night, a group of soldiers stood around a fire in a trash barrel at the guard station, at the rear of their barracks, smoking and discussing why they were in Iraq.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2010
He was still wearing the same wrinkled black suit, which now looked like something from a trash barrel; he couldn’t even find time to buy a new one, despite repeated requests from Ophelia.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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