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Recent Examples of pail
Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.
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Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
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Model Divine Mugisha’s Louis Vuitton x Murakami bucket (select Louis Vuitton boutiques) is the cherry on top of an Hermès dress (Hermès boutiques).—
Cazzie David,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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As if someone had poured a bucket of it over my head.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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