bucking
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Microsoft shares rise 2.7% premarket, bucking a broader downturn in tech stocks Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Sibieta makes the point that, looked at through a different lens, the downward trend in Wales' results is in line with "places like France, Germany, Italy, Spain" while England has been bucking the trend.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The latter’s proxy was city controller Kenneth Mejia, another person loathed by L.A.’s political know-it-alls because he keeps bucking it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
He also broke horses and rode bucking broncos in ranch rodeos.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
There were no Brahma bulls, only a couple of bucking Herefords.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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