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buck

[buhk] / bʌk /
NOUN
male animal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




VERB
move with jerking motion
Synonyms
VERB
throw off, dislodge
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Thankfully, there’s a growing cohort bucking against the idea of aesthetic perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal

One Wall Street strategist is bucking the consensus and calling for stocks to move sideways in 2026.

From MarketWatch

But elderly people who buck this trend - and who hold on to their good bacteria well through their eighties and nineties - have been shown to live longer, healthier lives.

From BBC

The average number of changes among Championship and League Two clubs in third-round action was also up from last season, with only League One bucking the trend.

From BBC

Wolfsburg's hopes of bucking the recent trend took an early hit when Killian Fischer deflected a Diaz cross into his own net.

From Barron's