bucket

Example Sentences

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Call it a wish list, bucket list or checklist — the dashboard is all yours.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"But I think I'm just extremely proud of my fight this week and the dream of that little girl that you kind of get to check that off your bucket list."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Hotter than expected inflation will both test the market’s resolve and “throw a bucket of cold water on momentum,” said Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

He dips cloth in a bucket and presses it against Caesar’s lips.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes