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
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
Richard, James, and I spend the afternoon bringing buckets of water from the river to dump on the tiny new shoots.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
