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Concrete slabs between the homes had started to crack or buckle, with some of the fissures running all the way up to or under the homes’ walls, the news outlet reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

That physical constraint causes the growing body to buckle and twist into a right-handed coil.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

"Time for us all to buckle up and get ready for the ride," said director of cricket Rob Key when McCullum was appointed.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

He managed to survive in the shielded void, a life-saving scenario that occasionally unfolds as multistory structures tumble pancake-style, support beams buckle and slabs of concrete crash down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

He and Kate took Sticky by the arms just as his knees appeared ready to buckle.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

"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

A third possibility is that Cuba buckles under the weight of the massive economic pressure it is facing, which has already led to hours-long daily blackouts and massive food shortages on the island.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

As the state-backed property giant buckles under the weight of its debt, the government has so far refrained from stepping in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

His sword clanged against the metal buckles of his belt.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The last remaining big Wall Street holdouts have buckled under.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

They are often "outdated, too narrow, overgrown with vegetation and buckled by tree roots", complained Lisa Feitsch of the cycling association ADFC.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

A year later, Bosnian President Biljana Plavsic buckled to international pressure and dismissed him.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

I had only ever seen him on Zoom, and although he was tall, which was nice, I tried not to judge his brown cracked-leather buckled pilgrim shoes paired with high-waist Wrangler jeans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

He took a deep breath and buckled his sword belt more tightly.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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

"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

National Rail explained that heat can cause a number of issues including overhead lines expanding and rails buckling.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

She even bullied Mr. Petrelli into buckling down and making us present our “Mississippi River and You” projects out loud to the class.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt