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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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And then you get to watch Paul throwing a bucket of slop at the reporters filming the above.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

When you’re in your early 20s, everyone’s sort of grouped together or feels like they’re in the same bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Both sales were just a drop in the bucket.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The New York Knicks were within an inch of pulling off a basketball miracle, climbing bucket by bucket out of a 29-point deficit in the second half.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Then I hide the bucket and run to get Lou Ann.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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