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bucked

[buhkt] / bʌkt /


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Spices and condiments have bucked the broader packaged-food malaise in large part because consumers are chasing health and affordability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

No horse aged 10 or above has won the race since 2014, while in 2022 Noble Yeats bucked another trend by becoming the first seven-year-old to win the race since Bogskar in 1940.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

A number of stocks in its portfolio bucked the selloff Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Though not a figure skater, Alysa Liu’s father, Arthur Liu, has bucked tradition in his own way: He is a single father by choice.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

With crack on crack of thunder, Zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer