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And then he buckled down to insist that this brouhaha around his comments only proved that Islamophobia runs wild in New York.

And the most powerful and best-armed of the Shan insurgent groups, the UWSA, has also buckled to Chinese demands and agreed to stop supplying weapons and ammunition to other opposition groups in Myanmar.

They are more engaging with the media, and when under pressure on the field have held their nerve rather than buckling.

Previously, they had earned a reputation for buckling under pressure.

Mahan has a way of describing the buckling blow to Las Vegas’ economy.