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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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Each side has concluded its best course is to resume the conflict at a low level while waiting for the other to buckle, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

When we reach the car, I buckle my seat belt and check my phone for missed messages.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

"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

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

I think about the shoes of my childhood, the brown Oxfords scuffed at the toes, half-soled, new-heeled, the falling-apart grubby white running shoes, the brown sandals with two buckles that you wore with socks.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

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

Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

She pulled up Delsa’s socks and buckled Alicia’s shoes.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

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

They show riders from children to young people on a night out stepping into Waymos and buckling up, along with shots of Waymos swerving to avoid accidents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

“Please finish buckling her in,” Mom told Bobby Gene.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon