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buckle

[buhk-uhl] / ˈbʌk əl /




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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

However, as the jet stream starts to buckle through the second half of the weekend the weather will slowly being to calm down.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Fine. Jack, then to Lou’s land. Everyone buckle up, I don’t have all freaking day.”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

What has emerged instead is a Brazil of “cowboy hats and big belt buckles, megachurches, malls,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

She then brushed my hair, adjusted the straps and buckles on my chair, gave me a quick hug, and went home.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Arizona State’s team was already buckled into a plane when the FAA halted flights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

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

As they tore through the other side and hit the asphalt again, the world warped and buckled around them.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

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

Lord Ramsay soon appeared as well, buckling on his sword belt as he made his way to the front of the hall.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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