buckets

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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

He recommends dividing work tasks into three buckets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

In front of the cutting table sat three five-gallon buckets full of scraps.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry