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as in scooped
to lift out with something that holds liquid
bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire
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as in shook
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging
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Recent Examples of bucketed
The data was then bucketed into six indexes—tax rates, quality of life, senior population/migration trends, quality of health care, job market, and overall value—which were weighted based on responses from a March 2025 public survey.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucketed
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Flick scooped him up, a beam breaking across his face.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Her father scooped the infant up and raced her to Woodhull Hospital a few blocks away, but the infant couldn’t be saved.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The vicious murder that followed shook Kansas City to its core and to this day, no one knows for certain who snuck into Leila Welsh’s bedroom and brutally murdered her that morning.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Magnus shook his head, his damp hair flopping against the back of his neck.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Their night was summed up when Marc Guehi spooned a chance over from six yards deep into stoppage time, after Mavropanos had blocked on the line from Nico O’Reilly.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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This Garlic-Thyme Sauce would also be excellent spooned over filet slices.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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More than 80 towns and villages have been emptied, more than 15% of the country’s population has been displaced, and more than 1,300 people have been killed by Israeli strikes, with thousands more wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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And because these barrels are rarely emptied from year to year, each vintage is an evolution from the last.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
2 Apr. 2026
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At least the elevator still creaked and shuddered, as in the old days, finally trembling open on the eighth floor.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Later, when Tristan gently put his hand on Marke’s shoulder, the king shuddered.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The envelope all but vibrated in her hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The roar of the crowds gathered at the base of the 101-story building still echoed in his ears, and the thrill of scaling its ten abstract metal dragons vibrated through his body.—
Outside,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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For a moment, the plane quivered around them like a greyhound straining on a leash.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Bucketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucketed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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