pail
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The reality is, however, she can’t and won’t; at some point, the bell rings and she must put on her coveralls and shake the pail of lip liners in front of us.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Dan and Craig went up the hill to fetch a pail of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Our toddler’s diaper pail in the hollow of a crawl space mixed with the remnants of the dining room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
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
She set the pail of milk down carefully and gazed up at the bank behind the golpata trees.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The coach handed out metal lunch pails and blue-collar work shirts customized with embroidered name tags to symbolize the team’s hard-working mentality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
Customers can customize their festive pails with themed stickers for “a truly monstrous makeover.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
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
The cans and pails rattled on the stairway, and there was much steam.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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