buck
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We’ll have to wait for other results to see if these states follow the national mood or buck it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Stags have a decent chance of making a buck in this IPO, and if you do it through your IRA you will avoid the tax hit on a short-term capital gain.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nor is he alone, with Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise, Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham all potential rivals and attempting to buck one of the award's strongest recent trends.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The buck should stop here, and it should stop now,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
His dark, wild eyes held me hypnotically, and I could hear the deep sounds a horse makes inside his chest when he is ready to buck.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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