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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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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

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

It is, in many respects, the bucket list to end all bucket lists.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Excellent work, Mrs. Warne,” he was saying, pumping my aunt’s arm like he was trying to fill a water bucket.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Fast-forward four years: I had nurtured nine baby giant sequoias that were now outgrowing their large plastic buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

Not that it would matter much during the depth of Armageddon, reviews of Bakkers’ food buckets were less than glowing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

She’s got a broom, a mop, two buckets filled with supplies like rags and spray bottles, and a big glass ball dangling around her neck, like a necklace.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Race organiser Duncan Smith said: "It's been a brilliant day with fantastic weather, after three years when it's absolutely bucketed down with rain."

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

“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

Any captured water is bucketed to toilets for flushing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018

I bucketed Rocinante out of California by the shortest possible route—one I knew well from the old days of the 1930s.

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

A fourth person, the pilot of a helicopter helping with "bucketing" operations, died after a crash in the neighbouring Alberta province last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2022

I’m going to be listing out all relevant fantasy football players each week and bucketing them into tiers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 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

I arrived in the morning that day, and I remember it was bucketing down.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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