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Recent Examples of tin can
His one weakness may be kryptonite, but clearly, a tin can getting thrown at his head isn’t fun either.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Collecting her life savings from a tin can, Tereza first heads to the travel agency to buy a round-trip commercial airline ticket, the first one available.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
The episode ended on the streets of New York outside the studio, with Kotb driving off in her white minivan, daughters Haley and Hope in the back seat and tin cans tied to the bumper, wedding-style.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The government soldiers left behind a filthy jumble of army life: clothes, blankets, gas masks and helmets, and empty tin cans.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Collecting her life savings from a tin can, Tereza first heads to the travel agency to buy a round-trip commercial airline ticket, the first one available.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
The episode ended on the streets of New York outside the studio, with Kotb driving off in her white minivan, daughters Haley and Hope in the back seat and tin cans tied to the bumper, wedding-style.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
The government soldiers left behind a filthy jumble of army life: clothes, blankets, gas masks and helmets, and empty tin cans.
—Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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With designs by Katsushika Hokusai and William Morris, the collection is two years in the making and features decorative bandages, a classic metal tin package and first aid bags.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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This one is made of a rugged, water-resistant tin cloth.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The albums proved an outsized influence on house, hip hop, techno, drum ‘n’ bass and synth-pop.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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From 1960 through 1968, the full-size Pontiac offered eight-bolt, finned wheels that helped cool the brake drums.—
David Krumboltz,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The colonel’s other collections included old schoolroom maps, books, a museum’s worth of vintage toys in what’s now the yoga studio, and old-fashioned canisters—açucar, feijão, arroz, all written in script—in the houses’ kitchens.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The system weighs in well under a pound at 13.1 oz (371 g), not including the butane canister that is sold separately.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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