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As Jones walks past her, a scare actor next to him shakes the lid of a garbage can at him and Jones jumps back..
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Around that same time, a road-crew worker in the Angeles National Forest discovered a pile of photographs of Linda along with a date book and a receipt for the loan of a Lexus SUV in a garbage can near the highway.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The incident started around 7:45 a.m. Friday when the Grant man exited his home to take a garbage can to the street, the complaint states.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Around that same time, a road-crew worker in the Angeles National Forest discovered a pile of photographs of Linda along with a date book and a receipt for the loan of a Lexus SUV in a garbage can near the highway.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Yet the movie shows no struggle, no introspection, but, rather, a nonchalantly reasonable ability to drop his stash into a garbage can and walk away.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The incident started around 7:45 a.m. Friday when the Grant man exited his home to take a garbage can to the street, the complaint states.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Garbage can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20can. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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