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buckets

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

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After a briefing in a nearby car park, we troop down to the water's edge clutching white plastic buckets to begin the hunt.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 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

I hadn’t noticed all the other noise, but servants were coming and going, bringing dishes and trays and buckets and rags.

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