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

He bent down, picked up a straw wrapper and disposed of it in the nearest trash can, then kept walking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

“I’d never been a human trash can before.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

But as we’re walking, a woman in a black sweater and messy bun comes out of a house up ahead, trash can in tow.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

From the top of the trash can, I looked down at her.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli