buckets
Example Sentences
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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
Each year, as families wander through the Leona Valley orchards with red buckets, it’s not unusual to hear Spanish, Persian, Korean and Japanese as well as English.
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
No neighbors to rush over with buckets and hoses.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
