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Recent Examples of pail
In a league full of flashy stat hunters, Rollins brings his lunch pail and just goes to work.
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Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.
—Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Trump set the house on fire and then fetched a single pail of water.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
An estimated 90% of the core baby care products and the parts that go into making baby paraphernalia — bottles and diaper pails, strollers and car seats — are made in Asia, according to the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Assn., a U.S. trade group.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.
—Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Trump set the house on fire and then fetched a single pail of water.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
An estimated 90% of the core baby care products and the parts that go into making baby paraphernalia — bottles and diaper pails, strollers and car seats — are made in Asia, according to the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Assn., a U.S. trade group.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
Noun
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Ice buckets usually get a quick rinse and wipe-down before they're set out for the next guest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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Participants are asked to bring garden gloves, drinking water in refillable bottles, and buckets for collecting trash.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 July 2025
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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