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Recent Examples of pail
That’s lunch, muse of lunch pails, bentos, picnic baskets, dosirak, tiffins.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Empty garbage bins and recycling from all rooms—not just the kitchen and bath—and don’t forget special receptacles like compost, diaper pails, and litter boxes.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
How to gradually transition your dog to The Farmer's Dog
One of my dogs is a little sensitive to different foods and one is an actual garbage pail and will eat anything.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 3 July 2025
In a league full of flashy stat hunters, Rollins brings his lunch pail and just goes to work.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Empty garbage bins and recycling from all rooms—not just the kitchen and bath—and don’t forget special receptacles like compost, diaper pails, and litter boxes.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
How to gradually transition your dog to The Farmer's Dog
One of my dogs is a little sensitive to different foods and one is an actual garbage pail and will eat anything.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 3 July 2025
In a league full of flashy stat hunters, Rollins brings his lunch pail and just goes to work.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
Noun
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And guess what, the entire annual budget of the FIC is a merely 0.2% of the total NIH budget — a drop in the bucket.—
Madhukar Pai,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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One cue Stewart likes to give clients is to think of their pelvis as a bucket filled with water.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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