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buckle

[buhk-uhl] / ˈbʌk əl /




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All told, investors may want to buckle up for a bumpy ride.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

"We didn't abandon seatbelts because people didn't want to buckle up, and we will not flinch at holding tech companies to account when our littlest citizens are at stake."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, as the jet stream starts to buckle through the second half of the weekend the weather will slowly being to calm down.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Strong corporate earnings and a resilient jobs market have given investors confidence that the economy won’t buckle under higher borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Colin opened the canteen hooked to his belt buckle, and they sat down for turkey sandwiches and water.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

“We need more cowboy hats and belt buckles in Washington,” he wrote in a campaign post on July 15.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Just every department: boots, hats, belt, buckles, T-shirts, Western shirts,” store co-owner Julie Newport told The Times of Haaland’s purchases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

The gloves hung loose in his grip, yellow wash-leather gloves with buckles.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Beattie buckled but didn’t break — at least not then.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The last remaining big Wall Street holdouts have buckled under.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Richard Wilcock, Rail Magazine industry editor, said it was hard to know the cause without speculating, but photographs appeared to show "clearly a buckled track".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“I hope she wasn’t much trouble,” Mom said to Gran as I buckled in.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The leak wasn’t visible to the eye: They realized there was a problem when the floors started buckling.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Ukraine's energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, was buckling under the high temperatures on Monday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

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

The fire popped and hissed, buckling under a steady stream of water from a nearby hose.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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