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Recent Examples of pail
The best compost bins used to be strictly utilitarian—plastic, bulky DIY pails usually banished under the sink or to the far corner of the yard.
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
The pail uses dual-seal technology to lock away diaper smells and is compatible with any standard trash bag.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Use your hand to brush away excess soil and place the bulbs in a garden pail.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
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Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
The pail uses dual-seal technology to lock away diaper smells and is compatible with any standard trash bag.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Use your hand to brush away excess soil and place the bulbs in a garden pail.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
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And the common belief is that even after California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled plans last year to double the state’s cap for the film and TV tax incentive from $330 million to $750 million a year, this bucket will be quickly depleted.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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Starbucks says a protest of more than 1,200 of its employees is a drop in the bucket.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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