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Police then found a key piece of evidence in a garbage can in a park near the one where Etzler was attacked.
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2026
The real-life regulations on what color to paint your house, how short to cut your grass, and exactly where to put your garbage can on trash day make this suburb ripe for an outsider and her teenage daughter to come along and shake things up.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Throwing into a square in a net, or a garbage can that’s 35 yards away.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The Houston Astros had cameras and a garbage can to help win a World Series.
—Mac Engel
january 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2026
The real-life regulations on what color to paint your house, how short to cut your grass, and exactly where to put your garbage can on trash day make this suburb ripe for an outsider and her teenage daughter to come along and shake things up.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Throwing into a square in a net, or a garbage can that’s 35 yards away.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The Houston Astros had cameras and a garbage can to help win a World Series.
—Mac Engel
january 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Garbage can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20can. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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