buckets

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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

In the locker room after Tuesday’s game, teammates sat with their feet submerged in buckets of ice and ice packs wrapped around their joints.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In Pittsburgh, the factories hummed with activity, and Negro men filed into work daily with their lunch buckets.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland