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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Their concerns fall mostly into two buckets: loss-of-control and human misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

When you get to the end of each year, Chatzky said to look at the performance of each of the buckets and think about what you may need to move as the years go by.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Volunteer firefighters were using "whatever we have. Sometimes we use buckets, and even those aren't enough", said Yonas, adding that the teams were also in need of food and protective gear, including masks.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Carrying three empty plastic buckets, she walked a few hundred metres to the nearest handpump in her village in Jalaun district, in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region of northern India.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

They recommended hanging metal buckets of ice from the ceiling.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow



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