buck

Example Sentences

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Strictly speaking, because you had a gentleman’s agreement, he should pay you the 30 bucks.

From MarketWatch

Glencore, the No. 3 global miner, has bucked the trend, adding coal assets and leaning on the commodity as a major profit source.

From Barron's

Or he could buck every modern trend in college sports.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lake Tahoe, so dependent on tourist bucks, set up a hot line to help visitors find open gas stations.

From Los Angeles Times

He couldn’t see anything through the tangle of hazel and willowherb, but he knew that the buck was in there, because Wolf knew it, and Torak had learned to trust Wolf.

From Literature