buckets

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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

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

The space, called Fallen Empire, features red mohair booths, built-in Champagne buckets, mirrored walls and chandeliers, sconces and lamps from the Italian glass-blowing island of Murano.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It evinces her hand in its flat figures racing with buckets toward a burning bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

I think of nothing except passing the buckets of water, until my fingers are blistered and my arms ache.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone