buckling

Example Sentences

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Unlike East Germany, Poland and the other Communist bloc countries, North Korea hadn’t shown any signs of buckling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Treasurys sparked alarm that the bond market might finally be buckling under the pressure of outsize U.S. borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

I backed away from the window and walked around the block twice, till my knees stopped buckling.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger