bucket
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Celtic couldn't throw a bucket of water in Rangers' direction not to mind a tempest.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
You set your spending from the cash bucket, refill it with fixed-income yields, and then buy new fixed-income products with the sale of stock.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The team is fined $30 million, a drop in the bucket to the owner who, with other executives, got suspended for up to a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The bucket was placed on the floor, after which a "splash" was heard.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
I dropped the neem leaves inside and told him to pour everything into a bucket and bring it in.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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
When her turn came, she filled her buckets and carried them home.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
We passengers are only allowed up to empty slop buckets or get the stew pots for our meals.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
“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 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
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
