bucket
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When asked before the draft in April, the first-round pick knew that if not on a sky-high alley-oop his first bucket would at least be something athletic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Vendors outside the arena sold Palestinian bucket hats and flags, as well as hats and flags with the logo of Irish rap trio Kneecap.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
When Kevin Rogers, a 40-year-old real-estate broker and father of four, moved near Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club outside San Antonio six years ago, joining wasn’t on his bucket list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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
Teresita says, “Let’s take turns. You fill a bucket, Gloria, then we fill a bucket, until we all have enough water.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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KFC has been trying to push sandwiches, wings and tenders to diversify away from its traditional bone-in buckets of chicken in a bid to revive its brand following years of declining sales and closures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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
The company is pushing sandwiches, wings and tenders to diversify away from its traditional bone-in buckets of chicken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
We lug buckets of water from the river for cooking and washing and drinking.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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“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
In the silver chill of the Maine afternoon, as I bucketed and lumbered over the pitted surface of a wood road, I saw four lady mooses moving with stately heaviness across my bow.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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When Rishi Sunak called a general election in May, the then-prime minister made the announcement outdoors despite it bucketing with rain.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
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
Others hunted for hidden petrol and ship oil pockets, bucketing out the valuable fluid.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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