buckle under
Example Sentences
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's government presents its first budget on Tuesday, a spending plan he says will provide "the answer" for an economy starting to buckle under US tariffs.
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
The biscuit began to buckle under the weight of its own layers, the folds getting too heavy, too thin.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
Mbappe was always too intelligent, too talented and too precocious to fail, or buckle under the pressure, at Real Madrid.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025
“We just have to hope that our hillside, our foundation that our home sits on, doesn’t buckle under the weight of all the rain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024
William’s health began to buckle under the strain.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
