bucked

Example Sentences

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The Hong Kong firm, which also runs Joe Tsai’s family office, has bucked the tough fundraising environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

However, Dan said some coastal areas had bucked the wider Welsh trend.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Though not a figure skater, Alysa Liu’s father, Arthur Liu, has bucked tradition in his own way: He is a single father by choice.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

He even bucked decades of US policy by conceding that North Korea was "sort of a nuclear power".

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Charles pried at it with a long iron bar, and the rock bucked and rolled back again and again.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck