Examples of trash can in a Sentence
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Police searched the Honeysuckle Circle home and found plane tickets to Washington, as well as a missing-persons flyer for Gabe at the bottom of a trash can, authorities said.
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Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
The suspect reportedly discarded the weapon in a nearby trash can and then fled the scene before an employee of the Miami City Ballet discovered her body the next morning.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
One group of participants disposed of their paper in either the trash can or the shredder, while the other group kept their paper in a file or a plastic box on their desk.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Los Angeles police are investigating after a woman’s body was found inside a trash can in Sunland on Tuesday morning, a department spokesperson said.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Suspect identified:Woman arrested in 2005 case of baby found in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport trash can
Under Arizona homicide law, first-degree murder is punishable by a prison life sentence or the death penalty.
—Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
That trash can fire, believed to have been intentionally set, occurred in a seventh-floor men’s restroom and was extinguished before causing any serious damage, police said.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Police accused Anderson of discarding Baby Skylar — a full-term baby with its umbilical cord still attached — in a Sky Harbor women's restroom trash can.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Green stood in a doorway while the man, who gagged and later vomited in a trash can, did so, the document says.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
The suspect reportedly discarded the weapon in a nearby trash can and then fled the scene before an employee of the Miami City Ballet discovered her body the next morning.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2024
One group of participants disposed of their paper in either the trash can or the shredder, while the other group kept their paper in a file or a plastic box on their desk.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
Los Angeles police are investigating after a woman’s body was found inside a trash can in Sunland on Tuesday morning, a department spokesperson said.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Suspect identified:Woman arrested in 2005 case of baby found in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport trash can
Under Arizona homicide law, first-degree murder is punishable by a prison life sentence or the death penalty.
—Kayla Jackson, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
That trash can fire, believed to have been intentionally set, occurred in a seventh-floor men’s restroom and was extinguished before causing any serious damage, police said.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Police accused Anderson of discarding Baby Skylar — a full-term baby with its umbilical cord still attached — in a Sky Harbor women's restroom trash can.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Green stood in a doorway while the man, who gagged and later vomited in a trash can, did so, the document says.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Trash can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20can. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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