buckling

Example Sentences

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Nigeria's health system is buckling under these pressures, Saidu added.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan swung into the red for the first time in nearly three years, buckling under the costs of a brutal price war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Treasurys sparked alarm that the bond market might finally be buckling under the pressure of outsize U.S. borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

She even bullied Mr. Petrelli into buckling down and making us present our “Mississippi River and You” projects out loud to the class.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt