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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Every day, women queue with buckets beneath a white-hot sky.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

But handwashing is done in plastic buckets -- a sign of the tardiness of the response to an outbreak many fear could be among the worst in the virus's history.

From Barron's • May 24, 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

Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

It looked like an old storage closet, brooms and buckets pushed haphazardly to the side.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray



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