buckling
Example Sentences
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Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan swung into the red for the first time in nearly three years, buckling under the costs of a brutal price war.
The buckling bond market sent the U.S. dollar slightly higher, although not too far as yields had leapt globally and the fear of intervention has traders too nervous to short the yen.
From Reuters
He hoped to be ready by opening day this season but was delayed in March and April, his balky knee buckling under the stress of throwing off a mound.
From Los Angeles Times
A day after an elevated portion of Interstate 95 collapsed in northeast Philadelphia, buckling after a tanker truck caught fire, the weekday rush hour began Monday with dread and preparation.
From New York Times
The fire was strikingly similar to another blaze in Philadelphia in March 1996, when an illegal tire dump under I-95 caught fire, melting guard rails and buckling the pavement.
From Washington Times
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