buckling

Example Sentences

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Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The warnings come with Asia buckling under the strain of an energy supply crunch and fears over shortages of fertiliser and other industrial and agricultural components which pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Heavy industry in the Gulf and Europe is buckling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee, preventing it from buckling and keeping the tibia from moving too far forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

As the glacier moved, crevasses would sometimes compress, buckling ladders like toothpicks; other times a crevasse might expand, leaving a ladder dangling in the air, only tenuously supported, with neither end mounted on solid ice.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer