ice bucket
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There is a bottle of cheap champagne in a cardboard ice bucket printed with a wood-grain pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Step inside and you’ll find a turquoise blue midcentury couch on a platform, a curving Dr. Seuss-style tree in a vintage planter and a ’60s-era clear glass ice bucket shaped like a cowboy hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
And finally, the ice bucket challenge is back.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2025
The video, which was posted on TikTok, appears to show a bar worker initially using an ice bucket to tackle the blaze at Caffé Milano, Birmingham, on Saturday night.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023
In order to pick up her path she was walking directly toward the house, toward the terrace where a paraffin globe lamp shone among glasses, bottles, and an ice bucket.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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