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  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Despite social media evidence to the contrary, Painter pleads he is "not always the culprit" when it comes to the pouring of ice buckets.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

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

And as predictably as the tides, a wine-dark sea of merch has risen up around the release: T-shirts, videogames, souvenir popcorn buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

After the air around the buckets cooled and sank, it would lower the temperature around the president's bed.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow



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