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For dry or powdery spills: If a liquid spill has dried or something powdery has spilled, use a vacuum to pick up as much of the debris as possible, or upend the suitcase outdoors or over a trash can and gently bang it a few times to dislodge the dry matter.
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Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
Louisiana police said a man admitted to injecting his mother with methamphetamine and fatally beating her after officers found her body inside a trash can.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The complaint makes no reference to a punch, but alleges that Martinez blocked agents’ vehicles with his car and then later a trash can.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Surveillance video showed Jones taking a trash can and trash bag filled with Fells’ remains out of his home and into a white van.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 18 June 2025
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Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2025
Louisiana police said a man admitted to injecting his mother with methamphetamine and fatally beating her after officers found her body inside a trash can.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
The complaint makes no reference to a punch, but alleges that Martinez blocked agents’ vehicles with his car and then later a trash can.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Surveillance video showed Jones taking a trash can and trash bag filled with Fells’ remains out of his home and into a white van.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for trash can
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“Trash can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20can. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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