drop in the bucket
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“Twenty-eight out of 23 million registered voters in California is just … a drop in the bucket numerically,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
“It’s really a drop in the bucket when we’re talking about statewide human-wildlife conflicts,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The oil Hengli buys is a drop in the bucket for China, which has imported more than 4 billion barrels annually in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Both sales were just a drop in the bucket.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
That’s a mere drop in the bucket, compared to the number of texts sent—six billion in the United States each day.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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