bucket

Example Sentences

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But is that something on your bucket list?

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

When the first tranche of files was made public, he said they represented a "drop in the bucket" compared to what was to come.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Over and over again, New York called on Brunson to get them another bucket to trim the seemingly insurmountable deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

We can make a difference by influencing each other—by not only contributing drops into the bucket, but by showing others that we’re doing so, and, in the process, influencing them to do the same.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

“The bucket was in the camper,” he said.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret