1
as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks
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as in to devote
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention
buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time
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Recent Examples of buckle
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Tens of thousands of homes were left without power in France as the grid buckled under the heat.
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Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Jill Layton,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The tactile silhouette is finished with a small silver buckle outlined in crystals on the ankle strap.
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Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
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Another six have sustained damage and the rest are now buckling under the influx of injuries.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
Tens of thousands of homes were left without power in France as the grid buckled under the heat.
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Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Noun
An adjustable buckle is helpful for wider feet and to keep the sandal from slipping off narrow feet.
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Jill Layton,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The tactile silhouette is finished with a small silver buckle outlined in crystals on the ankle strap.
—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
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The camaraderie was evident on the ground here in La Guaira, the coastal city where quake damage was most severe, collapsing dozens of buildings.
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The dogs, specially trained to detect human scent, have spent days searching for people trapped beneath the rubble of nearly 200 buildings that collapsed following the two powerful back-to-back earthquakes.
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Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.
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The North Dakota library, located near the national park gateway town of Medora, devotes a number of exhibits to Roosevelt’s commitment to protecting America’s vanishing wildlands and wild animals.
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Many of the residents moving to One, Two and Three Lights, inside the downtown loop around the Power & Light District, are relocating from outside Kansas City — often more than 75%, according to developer Cordish’s data.
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This connection between measurement and personalized learning then becomes a kind of positive feedback loop, where each feeds into the other.
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News of his death – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years – quickly went global, with graphic videos flooding social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle swiftly condemning the killing.
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Leo Jimenez also went deep for the Marlins, who set a franchise record with 12 homers for a three-game series.
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Wiener asked for amendments to the bill during the bill’s review and in the committee meeting, including that the lifetime ban only be applied to Tier 3 members.
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The ruling establishes the legal standard going forward and does not change the law that applied previously.
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Organizers ruled North American country could compete after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which governs the song contest, allowed the CBC/Radio-Canada fully into its fold last week.
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In some experiments, virus levels in the lungs fell by nearly 300-fold compared with untreated animals.
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When this place is eventually gone — a phrase that feels truly bizarre given the environment this summer and the half-century preceding it — the lasting images will be the seas of red.
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Officials advise the public to give bears space and not let pets bother them.
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If that were to happen, that would be what a death spiral might look like.
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An ascending spiral of social change was rendering structures inherited from the industrial revolution obsolete.
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“Buckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckle. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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