buckling
Example Sentences
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The nation’s largest private passenger railroad has filed for chapter 11, buckling under the weight of $5.5 billion in debt after more than a year of negotiations with creditors failed to stave off bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
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
"Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
I backed away from the window and walked around the block twice, till my knees stopped buckling.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
