pail
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The reality is, however, she can’t and won’t; at some point, the bell rings and she must put on her coveralls and shake the pail of lip liners in front of us.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Dan and Craig went up the hill to fetch a pail of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Robinson’s updated pail had separate compartments for food and liquids, and was designed so items within could be heated using a small lamp.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
And then I thought about the limpets sloshing around in a pail of seawater.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
To complete the Chargers’ blue-collar mentality, black lunch pails were recently dropped at every locker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
Video taken by a bystander shows about 20 adults trying to dig her out using their hands and plastic pails, but the hole kept collapsing on itself.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
“Since the mid-19th century, miners, factory workers, dock hands, and other laborers have used sturdy dinner pails to hold hard-boiled eggs, vegetables, meat, coffee, pie, and other hardy fare.”
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
Philip Turner vomited into a janitor’s sink surrounded by mops and pails.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
