buck
Example Sentences
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Army’s intelligence unit, pointed out that it might cost the enemy millions of dollars to shoot down a balloon that costs a few hundred bucks.
“He tries to make a buck on both sides. It’s not worth it in the long run, and he’ll pay the price for it.”
He even bucked decades of US policy by conceding that North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power".
From Barron's
Cisco Systems’ stock has bucked the technology sector’s broader selloff so far this year, but it’s now poised to give up a good chunk of its gains despite an upbeat earnings report.
From MarketWatch
Cisco Systems’ stock has bucked the technology sector’s broader selloff so far this year, but it’s now poised to give up a good chunk of its gains despite an upbeat earnings report.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
