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Some of that extra weight was what caused the steel beams to buckle, Nathan Berman, managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

He managed to survive in the shielded void, a life-saving scenario that occasionally unfolds as multistory structures tumble pancake-style, support beams buckle and slabs of concrete crash down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The temperature of steel railway lines can rise to up to 20C above air temperatures in direct sunlight, causing them to expand and buckle.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Depending on the situation, the material can bend, buckle, or stiffen in different ways, all without electronics, sensors, or active control systems.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

The floe, which Worsley estimated at possibly a million tons, pressed so hard against Endurance that her beams began to buckle and her foremast jerked and shook like a cornstalk in the wind.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

A third possibility is that Cuba buckles under the weight of the massive economic pressure it is facing, which has already led to hours-long daily blackouts and massive food shortages on the island.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

“Your buckles should face not left, not right, but straight ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

He trains hard, mentally prepares himself and still buckles to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025

His sword clanged against the metal buckles of his belt.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

After Wales' scrum buckled early on, an ineffective attacking play involving Thomas resulted in Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx achieving a turnover penalty with rampaging lock Cobus Wiese almost crossing the Welsh line before knocking on.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The sky was the limit for turning offices into apartments – until some columns buckled.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

The game's immense popularity sometimes also meant "servers buckled under the strain", said Reynolds, meaning connectivity problems were "rife for some time".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

The high-rise building under renovation that buckled in the heart of Manhattan, forcing the evacuation of thousands of local residents and workers, is now "stable," New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

But after she’s buckled in, she puts her hands on both sides of my face and says, “You are sad.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Iran’s economy is already buckling under the combined weight of years of sanctions and soaring inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Christine Ji and Hannah Pedone looked into the reasons for the buckling AI trade, with more than two-thirds of stocks in the S&P 500 information technology sector down at least 20% from their recent highs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

National Rail explained that heat can cause a number of issues including overhead lines expanding and rails buckling.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

“I never forgave Truman for buckling under pressure,” Rabi recalled.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik