1
as in yanking
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion
the car bucked and stalled
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2
as in resisting
to refuse to give in to
bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years
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as in handing
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom
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Recent Examples of bucking
The movie has since earned a 94% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and enjoyed the rare feat of increasing its domestic box office during its second weekend, bucking the typical trend for horror releases.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Nurses’ associations say those management decisions are bucking the intent of the higher staffing standards.
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Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Comcast, which has pay-TV and streaming challenges, has also been the subject of frequent deal chatter despite bucking the odds with a strong 15-year run as a home for both distribution and content.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
In the interview, Nunn said he’s delivered for Iowans, at times bucking his own party to protect his constituents’ interests.
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Justin Papp,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
So bucking that trend was a sound choice.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
But certain players will also be bucking the trend.
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David Betancourt,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
McCaul, a former chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was one of 18 Republicans who voted Thursday to send aid to Ukraine and apply tougher sanctions on Russia, bucking House Republican leadership.
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Ford McCracken,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Wembanyama scored 22 points, Julian Champagnie got 18 of his 20 off of three-pointers and the Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 on Saturday night — bucking heavy odds to win a Game 7 on the road.
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Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Nurses’ associations say those management decisions are bucking the intent of the higher staffing standards.
—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Comcast, which has pay-TV and streaming challenges, has also been the subject of frequent deal chatter despite bucking the odds with a strong 15-year run as a home for both distribution and content.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
In the interview, Nunn said he’s delivered for Iowans, at times bucking his own party to protect his constituents’ interests.
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Justin Papp,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
So bucking that trend was a sound choice.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
But certain players will also be bucking the trend.
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David Betancourt,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
McCaul, a former chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was one of 18 Republicans who voted Thursday to send aid to Ukraine and apply tougher sanctions on Russia, bucking House Republican leadership.
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Ford McCracken,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Wembanyama scored 22 points, Julian Champagnie got 18 of his 20 off of three-pointers and the Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 on Saturday night — bucking heavy odds to win a Game 7 on the road.
—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucking
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Now, with the federal and state government yanking back plenty of that funding and directly barring the city from enacting some of its more aggressive climate plans, Higgins is left with a narrow road to tread toward progress.
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The virtual oar-yanking celebration in a baseball atmosphere was one of those weird juxtapositions that seem to get fostered whenever a World Cup fanbase descends upon a host city.
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He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting an officer.
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Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
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Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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Indeed, Gibson has found that there is nothing more rewarding than handing a patient a pair of dentures that will bring back their confidence and sense of self.
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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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The other opposing vote came from Supervisor Brian Pacheco, who declined to comment.
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Rutinel touted his Dominican background and accused Bird of not being tough enough in opposing ICE.
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However, the bill was so contentious that in order to squeak it through, legislators stuffed it full of carve-outs and exemptions, allowing cities to delay implementation by passing their own plans to add density.
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Rather than moving directly to their new institution, many spend days or weeks passing through federal transfer centers and local detention facilities before reaching their final destination.
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Workers were dispatched throughout La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent the last few days pulling survivors and bodies from the wreckage despite a lack of heavy equipment and limited guidance from authorities.
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Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.
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The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.
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Taking the ride with Lazy Horse means embracing that chaos, lurching from song to song.
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“Bucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucking. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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