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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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The 23-year-old made a barf bucket out of a shower panel and wooden rings, which she stapled together and painted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Twenty-eight out of 23 million registered voters in California is just … a drop in the bucket numerically,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

But, unlike the rust bucket Delano has become, it wasn’t abandoned either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Morgan credit-strategy report dated Oct 16 noted that the CCC bucket of the high-yield bond index has contracted to a record low 8.6%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

I had to wait for my mom here once when I came down with a stomach bug, and even feeling barfy with a bucket in my lap, waiting with her was kind of fun.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

KFC has been trying to push sandwiches, wings and tenders to diversify away from its traditional bone-in buckets of chicken in a bid to revive its brand following years of declining sales and closures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Maykel Aguilar, 30, patiently filled a 200-liter tank and several buckets at a pipe connected to a spring on a street in the capital's old town.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Not that it would matter much during the depth of Armageddon, reviews of Bakkers’ food buckets were less than glowing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He explained the money was disbursed in buckets, and bureaucrats made the specific choices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

She nudges one of the buckets toward me.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

“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

The helicopter pilot, 41, was helping with "bucketing" operations, in which specialised buckets suspended by cables are used to douse fires, officials said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

“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

Others hunted for hidden petrol and ship oil pockets, bucketing out the valuable fluid.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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