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Schwarzenegger raised Trump’s past remarks calling America a ‘garbage can,’ just as President Biden draws heat for a seemingly similar remark about Trump supporters while defending Puerto Rico.—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 Witnesses later told police that Zigler and the second shooting victim attacked Lambert’s father, striking him with a garbage can shortly before the shooting, authorities said.—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 The show then showed clips of Trump referring to America as a garbage can.—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024 The toilet, the jammed commuter train, the garbage can, all replete with loneliness.—Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for garbage can
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