buckets
Example Sentences
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Around 50 people huddled over large buckets of food at the tiny Gansbaai mosque, which was crammed with people and belongings, sharing one toilet and a single tap.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Every day, women queue with buckets beneath a white-hot sky.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 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
When fires broke out, flames could engulf an entire train car, forcing Woods to act quickly to contain the blaze with buckets of water and shovelfuls of sand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
