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The office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

Depending on the situation, the material can bend, buckle, or stiffen in different ways, all without electronics, sensors, or active control systems.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

Wynn and I watched from the window, and Nan looked at us wide-eyed as she struggled to buckle her seat belt.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

Two buckles were recovered, one dating to the late Roman period and one dating to the post-medieval period.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

As much of Europe buckles under the weight of mass tourism, Georgia is only now getting in on the action in earnest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Applicants wore suits, dresses, jeans, cowboy hats and boots, longhorn belt buckles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

“Get your pillow, Moose,” he said, snapping the buckles on my suitcase.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

After Wales' scrum buckled early on, an ineffective attacking play involving Thomas resulted in Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx achieving a turnover penalty with rampaging lock Cobus Wiese almost crossing the Welsh line before knocking on.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The sky was the limit for turning offices into apartments – until some columns buckled.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

It slid right out, but one of her knuckles seemed to jerk, and my knees buckled.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Christine Ji and Hannah Pedone looked into the reasons for the buckling AI trade, with more than two-thirds of stocks in the S&P 500 information technology sector down at least 20% from their recent highs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

The war has taken a significant toll on an economy already buckling under runaway inflation—which hit 88.6% year-on-year in June—a weakened currency and years of compounding international isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

"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

But as soon as they’re in the car, buckling their seat belts, Maxine says, “What did your dad just call you?”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri