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Recent Examples of tin can
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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No tin-foil hat needed to connect those dots.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Again, when Appa was away on rigs, Amma would serve us tins of meat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The genre-blending jam band — consisting of Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, keys, guitar), Trevor Weekz (bass), and Cotter Ellis (vocals, drums) — has announced dates for its 2026 tour.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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One day, Juurlink, who played the drums, was practicing at the home of his best friend, a bass player.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With their escape route blocked by protesters and their cars, the agents tossed out tear-gas canisters, the white clouds billowing up into the winter air.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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The agents pepper spray the civilians and tackle Pretti to the ground, at which point The Times notes one agent struck Pretti with a pepper spray canister while another appeared to pull Pretti’s gun from him and remove it from the scene.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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