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buck
verb as in resist, oppose
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But a key challenge is figuring out the best bang for the buck that can be widely deployed without exploding civil defence budgets.
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Yet 2025 bucked that trend: September was another great month for stocks, helped in part by the lack of estimate cuts.
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"The buck for this fiasco ultimately stops with the prime minister."
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“At the end of the day,” he added, “the buck stops with the mayor.”
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"This game of chicken between Marineland, the province and Ottawa is totally unacceptable – Premier Ford needs to step up, lead and stop passing the buck."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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