bucking
Example Sentences
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"Maybe it was a juvenile dinosaur, or maybe it was a genuinely small one - one that was actually bucking the trend for the rest of the group as a smaller adult," explained Barrett.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Rocket, the mortgage financing company that owns the home listings website Redfin, was bucking the trend.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Matt Rossell, a member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal welfare group, took the microphone and mentioned a recent incident at the Orange County Fair when a bucking bull suffered a fatal injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Sixteen minutes into “Obsession” — the massively popular, shoestring-budget horror film breaking box office records and bucking expectations left and right — writer-director Curry Barker gives it all away.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Kurtsinger, dapper in Riddle’s legendary black and yellow silks, leapt onto his back, and again War Admiral flung himself around, bucking and thrashing and tearing divots out of the Belmont lawn.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
