buckets
Example Sentences
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Time had punctured the roof with 20 holes and whenever it rained, Baker would run around placing buckets under them and emptying them when they were full, like a game of Whac-A-Mole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Donations to colleges fall into two buckets: those for general use and those restricted to a specific purpose by the benefactor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Instead, they say the best way to think about the market is just to group all sectors into three buckets — cyclicals, defensives and growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
After a briefing in a nearby car park, we troop down to the water's edge clutching white plastic buckets to begin the hunt.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
At the wharf, workers flashed their tin lunch buckets and grumbled for cigarettes.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
