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Eight puppies who started their new year dumped in a garbage can are getting a second chance after an animal rescue volunteer found the dogs abandoned on New Year’s Day.
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Your desk garbage can will probably work — just be sure to clean it up, the concessions worker has the right to refuse serving a dirty bucket.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Staying true to form, Iyo hit a moonsault wearing a garbage can.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
According to the report, evidence tested for matches included a carpet piece, a bathmat, garbage can swabs and a reciprocating saw.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Your desk garbage can will probably work — just be sure to clean it up, the concessions worker has the right to refuse serving a dirty bucket.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
Staying true to form, Iyo hit a moonsault wearing a garbage can.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
According to the report, evidence tested for matches included a carpet piece, a bathmat, garbage can swabs and a reciprocating saw.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Garbage can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20can. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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