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"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

Every investor knows the drill: When markets buckle, buy gold.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Concrete slabs between the homes had started to crack or buckle, with some of the fissures running all the way up to or under the homes’ walls, the news outlet reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

He had cut it off short, and as Faro ate he slipped it around the dog’s neck and fastened the buckle.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Archaeologists later excavated a sword still in its scabbard, decorated straps, buckles, rings, ornaments and chariot wheel axle caps.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

“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

Ray buckles Boo in a brand-new car seat in the back of the double cab.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

Beattie buckled but didn’t break — at least not then.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

A year later, Bosnian President Biljana Plavsic buckled to international pressure and dismissed him.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

They slammed back down, then heaved up again, and then the doors buckled.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The leak wasn’t visible to the eye: They realized there was a problem when the floors started buckling.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

And the pressure on infrastructure—rail lines buckling, things like that—disrupts transport and logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

In the yard, men were buckling on swordbelts and cinching the saddles of their horses.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin