buckets
Example Sentences
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Donations to colleges fall into two buckets: those for general use and those restricted to a specific purpose by the benefactor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
When his fresh water ran out on July 11, he collected drinking water by filling buckets with seawater and capturing the condensation beneath plastic bags he stretched over the buckets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
The weather warms enough to open the windows, then it gets frigid again, and then it rains buckets and everything turns to ice.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
