are buckling
- present progressive of buckle.
Example Sentences
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"Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Some time later, he films the crowd pressing hard against the doors, which are buckling inwards.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2022
This year the poor are buckling under inflation, as the rich continue to spend.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
A number of developing economies are buckling under the toxic mix of high inflation, food and energy shocks, elevated borrowing costs and the fallout from climate change.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2022
The chief faults are buckling, growth, sulphating and disintegration.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
