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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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In south Wales, photos posted online showed drinks cans, footballs, buckets and spades and even a lilo and flippers abandoned at Barry Island beach.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Fallen fruit squishes under shoes as people walk back to the scales with their buckets full of red Bing and Brooks cherries, and yellow Rainiers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Maurten’s head of sports tech, Josh Rowe, recalls how, not long ago, major races used to have sick buckets at the finish line for queasy finishers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

He recommends dividing work tasks into three buckets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Richard, James, and I spend the afternoon bringing buckets of water from the river to dump on the tiny new shoots.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone



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