buckling

Example Sentences

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As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan swung into the red for the first time in nearly three years, buckling under the costs of a brutal price war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

But new laws and public information campaigns changed those norms, so that buckling your seat belt is now routine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

It's a Catch-22 situation - Delhi still wants to clinch a deal but also doesn't want to come across as buckling under Trump's pressure.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

She even bullied Mr. Petrelli into buckling down and making us present our “Mississippi River and You” projects out loud to the class.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt