buckets
Example Sentences
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On the National Mall in Washington volunteers handed out bottles of water from buckets of ice before sunshine gave way to thunderstorms.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
We set down our buckets and rush over.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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