pail
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The reality is, however, she can’t and won’t; at some point, the bell rings and she must put on her coveralls and shake the pail of lip liners in front of us.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Dan and Craig went up the hill to fetch a pail of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
For instance, in 1887, John Robinson, a Black inventor from West Virginia, filed a patent for a pail.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024
We each pick up our rock hammers and a little pail.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Customers can customize their festive pails with themed stickers for “a truly monstrous makeover.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
This aggressively oatmeal aesthetic has dominated infant care since around Gen Alpha’s midpoint in 2017, desaturating high chairs, play gyms and diaper pails from electric green to subtle sage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Schools hold mock water rationing exercises where water taps are shut off and students collect water in pails.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
Ordinarily, Mr. Clutter’s mornings began at six-thirty; clanging milk pails and the whispery chatter of the boys who brought them, two sons of a hired man named Vic Irsik, usually roused him.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
