buck

Example Sentences

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It’s your signature that goes on the return, so at the end of the day, the buck stops with you.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

It sure looked like closely guarded national security information was being used to make a quick buck.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

"Yes, I do worry a bit, especially because there's now a whole cottage industry of companies that try to make a big buck and make it even simpler to install OpenClaw," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Or he could buck every modern trend in college sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Perhaps because they had fallen into that angry silence, they walked quietly enough to come upon One Horn, the magnificent buck deer who had lost half of his antler rack defending his island territory.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich