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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

Because their play Sunday could buckle the resolve of even true believers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

These engineered structures are designed to bend, buckle and snap in controlled ways that provide useful functions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

I think his weight should buckle the flimsy cot, but it doesn’t.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

At the commission's headquarters near Arras, Stephan showed us trays of objects which had been found there, including parts of boots, rusted belt buckles, shoulder badges, buttons and regimental insignia.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

So was his tie pin, the Kaelish coin pendant he wore for luck, and the gold buckles on his shoes.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Carl Norrest cried out as he buckled under their weight.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

A few takeaways: Companies are buckling up for a higher-yield environment; spreads—the amount a company pays above a benchmark Treasury—may widen; and those issuing debt may do so with shorter, cheaper, maturities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

A high-rise building in New York City under construction is structurally unstable after two of its support columns started buckling on Tuesday morning.

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

Kaisa asked, swinging a saddlebag off her shoulder and buckling it onto the back of her horse’s saddle.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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