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Benchmark two- and 10-year Treasury yields are the highest since 2006-07, 10-year real yields have broken above 2%, and asset markets around the world are buckling under the higher-for-longer U.S. rate outlook.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2023

Even the backstop programs are buckling under tremendous losses.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

This year the poor are buckling under inflation, as the rich continue to spend.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

But the surge is acting as a double-edged sword for the ecologically fragile holiday spots - which are buckling under the strain of traffic, excess waste and unbridled construction.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2022

The chief faults are buckling, growth, sulphating and disintegration.

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