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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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The buckets are gathered back in the car park and the crop is carefully placed in a barrel of cool seawater to be taken for processing.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

And as predictably as the tides, a wine-dark sea of merch has risen up around the release: T-shirts, videogames, souvenir popcorn buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

“It mostly came down to using shovels and buckets and hands, things like that,” Espy said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

A group of volunteers passes buckets of rubble from hand to hand in long lines.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Fred took the lead and we headed for The Garage, the sound of drumsticks on buckets fading away.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen



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