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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

"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

The office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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 wears a large brass buckle with, I think, tiny stars and CS.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"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

As much of Europe buckles under the weight of mass tourism, Georgia is only now getting in on the action in earnest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

At the commission's headquarters near Arras, Stephan showed us trays of objects which had been found there, including parts of boots, rusted belt buckles, shoulder badges, buttons and regimental insignia.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

One side of the palisade buckles and falls.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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

Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

At that construction site, two columns buckled, placing the high rise at risk of partial collapse and causing nine neighboring buildings to shut down temporarily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The flight attendants move quickly down the aisle to make sure people are buckled in and their seats are pushed up.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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

"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

Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

It was all she could do to keep her knees from buckling.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan