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Recent Examples of pail
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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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
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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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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