buckle

Example Sentences

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Two buckles were recovered, one dating to the late Roman period and one dating to the post-medieval period.

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And even when England were employing an orthodox method of Test batting, they eventually buckled to the relentless Australians.

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As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

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Some of the largest structures there were buckled and bent, their windows shattered; the walls of others were being torn down by excavators.

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Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said winter viruses were placing further strain on an "already buckling system".

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