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Recent Examples of pail
Burger King has its own pail for fans landing sooner than McDonald’s.
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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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How to gradually transition your dog to The Farmer's Dog
One of my dogs is a little sensitive to different foods and one is an actual garbage pail and will eat anything.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Foreshadowing the Future One of the young coaches present when Foster first introduced the pail was graduate assistant Brent Pry.
—Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the Hornets’ future at center, he’ll be tasked with doing plenty of the dirty work and other inevitable duties like setting screens, and seemed to have no problem with the lunch pail mentality.
—Roderick Boone
updated July 11, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Skip the vet visit: Save 23% on an at-home dog allergy test today 🐾
How to gradually transition your dog to The Farmer's Dog
One of my dogs is a little sensitive to different foods and one is an actual garbage pail and will eat anything.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Foreshadowing the Future One of the young coaches present when Foster first introduced the pail was graduate assistant Brent Pry.
—Christina Daves, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
As the Hornets’ future at center, he’ll be tasked with doing plenty of the dirty work and other inevitable duties like setting screens, and seemed to have no problem with the lunch pail mentality.
—Roderick Boone
updated July 11, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
Noun
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Rice and liquid sanitizer were stored in the same five-gallon bucket.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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