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We are introduced to a former housemaid, who, before being diagnosed as insane, was “up before dawn with scuttle bucket and shovel, home in the dark to the thatch dripping soot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Twenty-eight out of 23 million registered voters in California is just … a drop in the bucket numerically,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

But, unlike the rust bucket Delano has become, it wasn’t abandoned either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Morgan credit-strategy report dated Oct 16 noted that the CCC bucket of the high-yield bond index has contracted to a record low 8.6%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sally Gooden had dropped off in her milk until she was barely wetting the bucket.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The facility is stocked with a 2,400-pound pallet of ice, 15-pound buckets of isomalt, a humidity-resistant sugar substitute, and 500 pounds of dark chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

In an already tenuous industry marked by razor-thin margins, high rents and increasing costs for goods and labor, some of the Southland’s favorite beach bars and restaurants are dumping out buckets of water this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Maykel Aguilar, 30, patiently filled a 200-liter tank and several buckets at a pipe connected to a spring on a street in the capital's old town.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Neighbors line up in the same spot, marking their place with tanks, buckets and jerrycans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Beastkeepers were also desperately carrying buckets of water and haphazardly throwing the water onto the fire, but it was no use.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“I think we need a more personalized approach for each individual in determining when they should actually start screening—not this bucketed start age,” Bea says.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023

He said the Fed would revisit how firms were bucketed by size when it came to supervision and regulation.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

"The rain was horrendous. It literally bucketed down," said parish council vice-chairman Mike Palmer.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021

Any captured water is bucketed to toilets for flushing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018

I let Charley out, and suddenly an angry streak of gray burned across the clearing in the pines and bucketed into the house.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

For much of Saturday afternoon, the skies above Charlotte were a dirty shade of grey, the rain bucketing down, the wind blowing hard, thunder and lightning seen and heard every minute or so.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Choosing value-based strategies, dividend stocks and bucketing approaches can help you navigate several market scenarios, Saglimbene said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022

“The water was still thigh-high at 7 a.m. and those who parked their cars in the streets were in panic because their vehicles were submerged … Other residents were bucketing out water from their homes.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

“Generally the tiered model is a great approach and some of their general bucketing makes a lot of logical sense,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Well, at least it was better than bucketing rain, Victor thought as he pulled his hat down over his face.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke