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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Times’ ”101 Best California Experiences” zine, a traveler’s bucket list highlighting my top destinations throughout my four decades of traveling the state.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

With the ratio of workers to retirees shrinking, the temptation to reach for the largest bucket of money becomes irresistible.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Essex fan Nigel Warner recently completed a bucket list ambition of visiting all four Grand Slam tournaments and agrees Wimbledon is the best.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Ratwin launched herself overboard to catch fish, eventually filling a bucket, each fish bearing a small set of tooth marks.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

It’s particularly important for retirement savers to read the tea leaves on CD rates because so many people have cash buckets set up to fund their living expenses.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

“It mostly came down to using shovels and buckets and hands, things like that,” Espy said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

A group of volunteers passes buckets of rubble from hand to hand in long lines.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Each member of the company promised to bring to a fire six water buckets and two linen bags to rescue property.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

The custodian’s name is Mrs. Krajewska, and she warms to me as soon as she realizes I’m not put off by water buckets and outdoor toilets.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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 let Charley out, and suddenly an angry streak of gray burned across the clearing in the pines and bucketed into the house.

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

For much of Saturday afternoon, the skies above Charlotte were a dirty shade of grey, the rain bucketing down, the wind blowing hard, thunder and lightning seen and heard every minute or so.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

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

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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