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tin can

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Recent Examples of tin can Those steps include discarding, regularly flushing or draining old tires, tin cans or bird baths that can hold small pools of water, as that might create a space where insects can breed. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 June 2026 The baking tin can turn a wide variety of foods into charming and practical edible cups. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 But Cordell made by far the worst-sounding Ramones album, with the band pounding away in what sounds like a large tin can. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026 Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers. — John Tufts, IndyStar, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tin can

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Bale’s daily diet consisted of black coffee, an apple and a tin of tuna.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Many were injured, and there was insufficient food—including eight chocolate bars, some wine, two tins of mussels—to support survivors.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026

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The longer the song goes on, the more the relentless pulse of the drums starts to seem indifferent and mechanical, an actual machine with no awareness of human life, while the drones grow longer and feel more and more like deep sighs.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
At first, there was almost nothing onstage — no drums, just microphone stands on an undulating platform surrounding the venue’s Snake Pit.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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But she, and New York Times journalists observing the raid, were soon distracted by a group of cockroaches scurrying past an oil canister.

— Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
The canister system is designed to handle spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste from both legacy and advanced reactors through storage, transportation, and eventual disposal.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

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