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as in collapsed
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 devoted
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 buckled
Another officer noticed one of the children was not properly buckled and was crying.
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Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026
One of the children wasn’t properly buckled and was crying.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Wanner’s 11-month-old baby was buckled into a high chair and crying, without her mom, when a relative arrived to the home that day.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The entire roster took that edict to heart in Game 1, and the Timberwolves buckled under the pressure.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Throughout Season 51, sketches have buckled under dragging runtimes, one-note jokes bludgeoned to death and facile concepts; earlier this year, another first time host, Teyana Taylor, was similarly let down by sketches that couldn’t match her depth and range as a performer.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
There was no single day when the AI stock market euphoria buckled, no Lehman moment, no front-page meltdown.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
In August on the Petco Park mound a comebacker struck his knee, which buckled, and he was carted off the field.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
If children aren’t properly buckled, the driver faces fines up to $250.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026
One of the children wasn’t properly buckled and was crying.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Wanner’s 11-month-old baby was buckled into a high chair and crying, without her mom, when a relative arrived to the home that day.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The entire roster took that edict to heart in Game 1, and the Timberwolves buckled under the pressure.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Throughout Season 51, sketches have buckled under dragging runtimes, one-note jokes bludgeoned to death and facile concepts; earlier this year, another first time host, Teyana Taylor, was similarly let down by sketches that couldn’t match her depth and range as a performer.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
There was no single day when the AI stock market euphoria buckled, no Lehman moment, no front-page meltdown.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
In August on the Petco Park mound a comebacker struck his knee, which buckled, and he was carted off the field.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
If children aren’t properly buckled, the driver faces fines up to $250.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckled
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Although Detroit collapsed in the second round, the front office’s confidence in Bickerstaff, who signed a contract extension the day after the Pistons ousted the Orlando Magic in the first round, hasn’t wavered.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Decker collapsed during a training exercise on Thursday afternoon in the 6600 block of North Kedzie Avenue in West Rogers Park.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Ted Turner, one of America’s largest private landowners, devoted decades to transforming 3,125 square miles of ranches into conservation laboratories across six states.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Walker was a transformative leader during his dozen years atop the Ford Foundation, one of the nation’s most active nonprofits devoted improve the quality of life for people around the world.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Midway through the second period, Dorofeyev blocked a slap shot off the inside of his knee and crumpled to the ice in pain.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Nearby, a different video shows her pink jacket crumpled on the sidewalk and a green purse.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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Consistency, applied twice a day every single day over years and decades, is the only thing that genuinely moves the needle on skin health and pleasure is what makes consistency possible.—
Pooja Mistry,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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That or all of Paige's posts are set up for the age restriction trigger, and it was applied to this post in question out of habit.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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New apartment construction in Los Angeles County tumbled 33% over the same period, hitting an 11-year low in the three months through December.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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As reading scores tumbled over the past decade, parents, scholars and literacy advocates pushed for teaching methods that align with decades of research about how kids learn to read — largely by sounding out words.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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Some of the visceral mechanisms that gave it life have to be discarded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Her Avalon pair gave Cannes a more subtle version of a slouchy boot shape that has been turning up in more dramatic form this spring.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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