buckets
Example Sentences
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It says that the RAF's £50,000 "wildfire buckets for dropping water" are 2,000 miles away, citing military sources.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The bullish argument this time is that Ford and GM aren’t spending buckets of money or stepping far out of their comfort zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Teresita and I have two big buckets each, and they’re heavy and have to be carried slowly so as not to spill any of the precious water.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
