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Recent Examples of pail
In junior, he was viewed as an honest, hardworking, lunch-pail player who was effective at getting to the right spots and staying around the puck.
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Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Barrels were rolled out to the airplane and gas transferred to our tanks in open pails.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Oneida spokeswoman Bobbi Webster recalled growing up that tribal members would spend long hours working on non-tribal land within the reservation borders picking apples for 50 cents a pail.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Ward arrived with coordinator Wink Martindale in 2022 and helped instill a lunch pail quality into the front of an aggressive Giants defense, which galvanized the team to its lone postseason berth since 2016 and its only playoff win since 2011.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Barrels were rolled out to the airplane and gas transferred to our tanks in open pails.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Oneida spokeswoman Bobbi Webster recalled growing up that tribal members would spend long hours working on non-tribal land within the reservation borders picking apples for 50 cents a pail.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Ward arrived with coordinator Wink Martindale in 2022 and helped instill a lunch pail quality into the front of an aggressive Giants defense, which galvanized the team to its lone postseason berth since 2016 and its only playoff win since 2011.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pail
bucket
Noun
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There are buckets of disabled mobile phones.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Engineers will equip it with specialized tools, including grapples, cutters, and buckets.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Pail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pail. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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