buckled down

Example Sentences

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But when times were tough — as they were during the major recessions of the last few decades — younger workers buckled down and stayed at their jobs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

But even then, Ohtani buckled down, getting Trea Turner to line out and Kyle Schwarber to swing through a curveball that ended the inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025

“Whoever wasn’t buckled down, they were just launched into the air within the cabin,” said Dzafran Azmir, who was among the 211 passengers on board the London-to-Singapore flight that encountered deadly turbulence on Tuesday.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

Although his bat obsession distracted Medellín Legorreta from his schoolwork, he eventually buckled down and earned a biology degree from UNAM.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

It would have been easier to just tell his brother he’d made a mistake and return to Dowa, but my father buckled down and pressed on.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba