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Other photos included an empty bottle of whiskey in a garbage can, receipts and images of a purse, which contained cash, envelops of cash, bottles of prescribed medication, keys and four cell phones, including one that Creer described as being severely damaged.
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Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024
So far, Portis' strong-suits aren't making coffee, spotting no difference between two identical photos of Fiserv Forum, catching a phishing scam or shooting paper balls into a garbage can hoop.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
The mother of a newborn girl found dead in a garbage can at a Phoenix airport in 2005 has been arrested after investigators dug back into the cold case using genetic genealogy, police announced Tuesday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
There’s Bucky Beaver, a naturally industrious woodworker, who holds a carver’s mallet and chisel in his paws, and Reggie Raccoon, who totes a garbage can.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
Take out the garbage The least elegant but most expedient method is sticking an empty 30-gallon garbage can under the runoff.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
Frank Stubbs: Inside … the garbage can in the house was … a receipt from Lowe's that had been torn up.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
Instead of tossing it into the garbage can, pumpkins can be dropped into the green bin along with your food scraps so it can be turned to compost.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Aromatherapy, however, won’t hide the stench of an overflowing kitchen garbage can or last night’s fish dinner.
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024
So far, Portis' strong-suits aren't making coffee, spotting no difference between two identical photos of Fiserv Forum, catching a phishing scam or shooting paper balls into a garbage can hoop.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
The mother of a newborn girl found dead in a garbage can at a Phoenix airport in 2005 has been arrested after investigators dug back into the cold case using genetic genealogy, police announced Tuesday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
There’s Bucky Beaver, a naturally industrious woodworker, who holds a carver’s mallet and chisel in his paws, and Reggie Raccoon, who totes a garbage can.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
Take out the garbage The least elegant but most expedient method is sticking an empty 30-gallon garbage can under the runoff.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
Frank Stubbs: Inside … the garbage can in the house was … a receipt from Lowe's that had been torn up.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
Instead of tossing it into the garbage can, pumpkins can be dropped into the green bin along with your food scraps so it can be turned to compost.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Aromatherapy, however, won’t hide the stench of an overflowing kitchen garbage can or last night’s fish dinner.
—Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
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“Garbage can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20can. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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