- present participle of buck.
bucking
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Brinker EAT 10.33%increase; green up pointing triangle International raised its full-year forecast for earnings after sales surged at Chili’s, which continued its red-hot streak of bucking broad weakness in the food industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
Will felt himself grow dizzy, and Lyra was restraining Pantalaimon, hare-formed himself in sympathy, who was bucking and snapping in her arms.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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