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Recent Examples of pail
Filtering through the magnitude of product options is a full-time job—the sheer range of items, from cotton swaddles to monitors to diaper pails, exemplifies the paradox of choice.
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Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Hot water for coffee dangled in a metal pail.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Burger King has its own pail for fans landing sooner than McDonald’s.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 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
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Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Hot water for coffee dangled in a metal pail.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Burger King has its own pail for fans landing sooner than McDonald’s.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
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Before Watson’s game-winner, Murray also conjured one of the weirdest clutch buckets of Denver’s season, scooping up a loose ball that had been stripped away from Aaron Gordon and connecting on an awkward midrange floater before the shot clock buzzer.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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The next two trips down the floor, freshman Victoria Forsythe scored a bucket in the lane, then a 3 from the corner.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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