bucket

Example Sentences

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Over and over again, New York called on Brunson to get them another bucket to trim the seemingly insurmountable deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The race features showroom-style cars taking on the famous 15.8-mile circuit in the Eifel mountains in Germany and the 28-year-old had said it had "been on my bucket list for a long time".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

We can make a difference by influencing each other—by not only contributing drops into the bucket, but by showing others that we’re doing so, and, in the process, influencing them to do the same.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

“One thing I never had on my bucket list was a statue,” Leslie told The Times on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Baba bought us a fresh tub of sidewalk chalk last time we went to the grocery store, plus there’s an extra bucket of broken pieces we’ve collected over the years in the garage.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan