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buckle

[buhk-uhl] / ˈbʌk əl /




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Previously, a customer buying a belt buckle was nudged toward a matching belt or hat, items that closely related to the original purchase, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Higher insurance costs could cause some homeowners to buckle under the financial pressure, Cotality said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

That physical constraint causes the growing body to buckle and twist into a right-handed coil.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Roads will continue to buckle and flights will continue to be delayed from extreme heat, Marlon warns.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He could feel the shape of his belt buckle in his stomach.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Back then, carriers would anchor in the bay, and locals ferried sailors ashore, often swapping beers for T-shirts or belt buckles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

A third possibility is that Cuba buckles under the weight of the massive economic pressure it is facing, which has already led to hours-long daily blackouts and massive food shortages on the island.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Then I pulled out a big copper-colored suitcase with buckles that locked on top.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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

Then I watched as planes sank into them, and I stared, bewildered, at the TV as the unimaginably tall structures swayed, then buckled.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

National Rail explained that heat can cause a number of issues including overhead lines expanding and rails buckling.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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

Vera was sitting on the edge of a chair, with her right foot hoisted upon another chair, buckling her shoes.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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