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Attendees could try their hand at knocking over tin cans, throwing lassos and a ring toss.
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20can. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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