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bucket

[buhk-it] / ˈbʌk ɪt /
NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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Analysts say that’s a drop in the bucket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

It is, in many respects, the bucket list to end all bucket lists.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

"The knee joint, which is also the most common location for osteoarthritis, naturally acts like a leaky bucket," Liu says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“It’s really a drop in the bucket when we’re talking about statewide human-wildlife conflicts,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

She took a bucket and filled it with dirt and walked slowly toward me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

When you get to the end of each year, Chatzky said to look at the performance of each of the buckets and think about what you may need to move as the years go by.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The family initially boiled kettles to fill up buckets to wash and clean the dishes, but they've now invested in a camping shower.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Volunteer firefighters were using "whatever we have. Sometimes we use buckets, and even those aren't enough", said Yonas, adding that the teams were also in need of food and protective gear, including masks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

We form a line that stretches from the river to the fort, and we pass the buckets quickly, one to another.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Race organiser Duncan Smith said: "It's been a brilliant day with fantastic weather, after three years when it's absolutely bucketed down with rain."

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

“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

Any captured water is bucketed to toilets for flushing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018

It’s outside, waiting to be bucketed, lifted inside, and decorated with paper chains and berries.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

When Rishi Sunak called a general election in May, the then-prime minister made the announcement outdoors despite it bucketing with rain.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

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

They spent the next night and early morning bucketing out sewage and stormwater that had overflowed from the basement toilet and shower, rushed in through the sump pump and seeped in through the foundation.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

I arrived in the morning that day, and I remember it was bucketing down.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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