buckled
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During the subprime-mortgage crisis, some ARM borrowers buckled under balloon payments when the initial fixed term of the loan expired.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.
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
As they tore through the other side and hit the asphalt again, the world warped and buckled around them.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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