bucking
Example Sentences
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Ram sales are up 22% this year, bucking an industry decline of 3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Thankfully in one part of south-eastern Nigeria, residents are bucking the trend.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
His leadership was credited with helping China avoid the worst of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, bucking a global trend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
We wanted to find people who are bucking the trend, so we asked readers to nominate the neighbors who make their corners of Southern California feel like home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She was a big, rough, strong gal, and she lindied like a bucking horse.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
