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Recent Examples of pail
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.
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Roderick Boone
updated July 11, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
Eventually, pails and shovels were replaced by footballs and Frisbees, but the beach bag was still the repository for books, one for each of us.
—Maggie Mulqueen, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
The limited medical supplies included a potbellied stove, a pail of water for sterilization, sheets torn into strips to be boiled in the pail, anti-tetanus serum and bandages.
—Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The colorful pails and buckets visible in each photo also call attention to water's inescapable presence in the women's lives.
—Diane Cole, NPR, 21 June 2025
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Roderick Boone
updated July 11, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
Eventually, pails and shovels were replaced by footballs and Frisbees, but the beach bag was still the repository for books, one for each of us.
—Maggie Mulqueen, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
The limited medical supplies included a potbellied stove, a pail of water for sterilization, sheets torn into strips to be boiled in the pail, anti-tetanus serum and bandages.
—Amy Sohn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
The colorful pails and buckets visible in each photo also call attention to water's inescapable presence in the women's lives.
—Diane Cole, NPR, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
Noun
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One bucket covers your non-negotiables, such as your rent or mortgage, utilities, transportation and food.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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And McCollum is going to steal a bucket or two with a smart design that will be the difference.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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