buckle
Example Sentences
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Hot weather can affect overhead power lines on the railways, external and also cause rails to buckle.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
This approach enabled us to create a material that can bend, buckle, or stiffen differently under slow movements versus sudden impacts -- without electronics, sensors, or active control.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Cops with the most seizures would pose for pictures with pro-wrestling-style championship belt that had “Mission GED Pistoleros” emblazoned on the buckle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The engineers worried the truck’s open front end might bend or buckle under a process in which the vehicle body is readied for painting.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
I nodded, but instead of a belt buckle, I was thinking about a very innocent-looking letter that I’d picked up that had altered the trajectory of my own life.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing buckle
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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