buckle
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Higher insurance costs could cause some homeowners to buckle under the financial pressure, Cotality said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 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
That physical constraint causes the growing body to buckle and twist into a right-handed coil.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some of that extra weight was what caused the steel beams to buckle, Nathan Berman, managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I was hoping Mom would get to vote today,” I say as I buckle up.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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"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
As the state-backed property giant buckles under the weight of its debt, the government has so far refrained from stepping in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
He tucked my feet into a pair of something black with buckles.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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UCLA’s offense got off to a sluggish start against San Diego State, but its defense never buckled and the Bruins eventually earned a lopsided win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The last remaining big Wall Street holdouts have buckled under.
From MarketWatch ● 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
Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
She waited a minute, as if she expected him to say something, but he was still simmering, and after he simply buckled his seat belt in silence, she began to drive.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Private passenger railroad Brightline has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after buckling under $5.5 billion in debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The leak wasn’t visible to the eye: They realized there was a problem when the floors started buckling.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 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
With Cuba's economy buckling five months into a US-imposed fuel blockade, and the national housing deficit running to over 900,000 units, authorities say a quick fix is unlikely.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
The horses’ blinders hung on a wooden wall that was turning black and buckling from the fire.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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