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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

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

His belt buckle gleamed and he bent to peer into the car, a dark face with very white teeth.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Shae helped Pod with the buckles and clasps.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

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

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

He took a deep breath and buckled his sword belt more tightly.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Christine Ji and Hannah Pedone looked into the reasons for the buckling AI trade, with more than two-thirds of stocks in the S&P 500 information technology sector down at least 20% from their recent highs.

From MarketWatch ● 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

Millions of people across the continent are currently "living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling", he added.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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

I sprang forward into the sea of empty metal shelves, half of which were knocked flat on their backs or leaning against others in slanted lines, their shelves buckling under some invisible weight.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken