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tin cans

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plural of tin can

as in drums

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My solo album from a few years prior, Tomcats Screaming Outside, was very dark and influenced by what was going on in Bristol — drums, bass, and inspired by Massive Attack and Portishead.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Beard replaced Dan Mitchell on the drums in ZZ Top in 1969 and helped recruit Hill from American Blues.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

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Prosecutors argued that the building caught on fire, triggering a massive explosion and propelling canisters in the air, one of which fatally struck Salter in the head.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
In March 2025 the FDA advised consumers not to inhale any flavor of nitrous oxide from canisters, tanks or chargers.

— Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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In addition to the roughly 7 million barrels per day that Middle Eastern countries have rerouted around the strait through pipelines and other methods, about 11 or 12 million barrels have been flowing out, according to the tracking services.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels for the first time since it was filled in the early 1980s, according to the Department of Energy.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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After his death, Bob’s became the de facto location for fans needing to pay homage to the beloved director, piled high with tributes of cigarettes, cans of Coke, donuts, slices of pie and tear-stained letters of gratitude.

— Amanda Karkoutly, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
This was Jacobs’s Warhol moment—the bags are his Campbell’s soup cans.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026

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