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During the beating, which lasted about 20 minutes, Thompson is seen kicking McClendon out of his chair and slamming a trash can into his head, police say, then pouring a bottle of Gatorade onto him before throwing the bottle, the station reported.
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Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
On a spring afternoon in 1999, Prieto was bent over a trash can in Mexico City, rushing to put a camera in place.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
The baby was found alive in a trash can near the hotel — identified by CNN as an Ibis Styles hotel in the city’s 20th Arrondissement — and then rushed to a nearby hospital.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
The tell-tale sign of a rat problem in DC is a hole chewed through a hard plastic trash can.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
On a spring afternoon in 1999, Prieto was bent over a trash can in Mexico City, rushing to put a camera in place.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
The baby was found alive in a trash can near the hotel — identified by CNN as an Ibis Styles hotel in the city’s 20th Arrondissement — and then rushed to a nearby hospital.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
The tell-tale sign of a rat problem in DC is a hole chewed through a hard plastic trash can.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Trash can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20can. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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