pail
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Dan and Craig went up the hill to fetch a pail of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“It was like someone took a pail of ice water and dumped it on my head,” said Dixon Camacho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2025
The complete lineup also included a green pail with a monster design, an orange one with a skeleton design and a white one with a mummy design.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
I was still angry, and besides that, I needed a pail.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Removing stagnant water, such as by emptying flowerpot plates, overturning unused pails and breaking up hardened soil, can help break the dengue transmission cycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Video taken by a bystander shows about 20 adults trying to dig her out using their hands and plastic pails, but the hole kept collapsing on itself.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
My invention is an improvement in dinner pails for workmen; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
The main message of the event is sustainability, with workshops on gardening and composting, where attendees can walk away with free compost kitchen pails as well as fruit and shade trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Beach towels are strewn across the lumpy seashore, striped umbrellas and plastic pails anchored beside them.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
