The dock workers carefully stacked the lading-cans in the ship's hold before sealing the hatch.

The gardeners lined up the water cans along the fence before they began watering the seedlings.

Before the storm, we filled several jerry cans with gasoline and stored them in the shed.

The city installed new trash cans along the bike path to keep the area clean.

Every morning, the street cleaners line up the garbage cans for pickup.

The museum's new exhibit displayed a collection of vintage Obama-cans from the campaign trail.

Standing at the crowded train station, I tapped a stranger on the shoulder and quietly asked, 'can you help me'.

We booked a table at an all-you-can-eat barbecue where the servers kept bringing different grilled meats.

Rather than propose a concrete plan, the committee chose to kick the can down the road and revisit the issue next quarter.

When the contract fell through and all options were exhausted, what can I say, we had no choice but to start over.