buckle

Example Sentences

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And even when England were employing an orthodox method of Test batting, they eventually buckled to the relentless Australians.

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As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

From MarketWatch

Some of the largest structures there were buckled and bent, their windows shattered; the walls of others were being torn down by excavators.

From BBC

Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said winter viruses were placing further strain on an "already buckling system".

From BBC

"Now is not the time to blink or buckle," she said.

From BBC