trash can
Example Sentences
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Along with "burner" phones from the US delegation, the confiscated items were tossed in a trash can at the bottom of the stairs of the presidential jet.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“The trash can issue is probably something I could tolerate much more easily.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
Out of a Kia sedan emerged a man who carried a bag of trash over to a trash can, rubbed his eyes, and drove off.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026
Earlier this month, a Gardena police officer responded to a report that there were whimpers and cries coming from a self-compacting trash can outside a local church.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
He walks to the curb, pulls up the metal top of the trash can, and stuffs the garbage inside.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
