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buckle

[buhk-uhl] / ˈbʌk əl /




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

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

“What I’ve been telling people is you’re going to have to buckle up and wait,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 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

That squeeze is pushing millions into the precarious gig economy, while others buckle under a cutthroat work culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Her heels hung off the back of her mother’s shoes; she could not even buckle the straps.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

The objects displayed include Jewish marriage rings and beakers alongside gold and silver coins, belt buckles, jewelry and other secular items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"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

Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Connor is still fiddling with the buckles attached to his booster seat, the straps across his chest; I can tell he wants to get out, to find some way to help.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

During the subprime-mortgage crisis, some ARM borrowers buckled under balloon payments when the initial fixed term of the loan expired.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

They are often "outdated, too narrow, overgrown with vegetation and buckled by tree roots", complained Lisa Feitsch of the cycling association ADFC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Lisandro Martinez: Experience vital on a day when the home side might have buckled.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

He crashed through the roof of Georgiou's, shattering all the windows as it buckled under the impact.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

The nation’s largest private passenger railroad has filed for chapter 11, buckling under the weight of $5.5 billion in debt after more than a year of negotiations with creditors failed to stave off bankruptcy.

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

Video from inside the building shows the buckling beam.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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

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


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