buckle
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Each side has concluded its best course is to resume the conflict at a low level while waiting for the other to buckle, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He managed to survive in the shielded void, a life-saving scenario that occasionally unfolds as multistory structures tumble pancake-style, support beams buckle and slabs of concrete crash down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Hot weather can affect overhead power lines on the railways, external and also cause rails to buckle.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Hot weather can affect overhead power lines on the railways and also cause rails to buckle.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Jaya laced the strap through the buckle and tightened it until the tool belt was snug and secure across her chest.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
“We need more cowboy hats and belt buckles in Washington,” he wrote in a campaign post on July 15.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ellie Saab's runway featured slinky trenches that were tightly belted and Givenchy's designs appeared lighter in colour with bold black buttons and buckles.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
“Your buckles should face not left, not right, but straight ahead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Applicants wore suits, dresses, jeans, cowboy hats and boots, longhorn belt buckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
François fastened upon him an arrangement of straps and buckles.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
I had only ever seen him on Zoom, and although he was tall, which was nice, I tried not to judge his brown cracked-leather buckled pilgrim shoes paired with high-waist Wrangler jeans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
That project was put on hold after two steel columns buckled, forcing an evacuation of nine surrounding buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The sky was the limit for turning offices into apartments – until some columns buckled.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Nathan slid back to the passenger side and buckled himself in, even though there was a 99 percent chance they wouldn’t see any other vehicles.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Millions of people across the continent are currently "living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling", he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
"Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
They show riders from children to young people on a night out stepping into Waymos and buckling up, along with shots of Waymos swerving to avoid accidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
Alfred leaned against the tilting wall, his legs buckling, his eyes fogging.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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