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Her parents were told to institutionalize her, but thankfully, they bucked the conventional advice.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA|Emily Shire|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bloom, of course, both started and bucked the trend with How to Read and Why.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Born a peasant, she bucked the system, donned armor to save her country, and paid for those choices with her life.
‘Slut, Bitch, Dyke’—Joan of Arc and the Modern Military Woman|Mariette Kalinowski|August 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The academic field is famously hostile to believers and Aslan has bucked that worldview.
Jesus Needs Reza Aslan, Author of 'Zealot'|Kirsten Powers|August 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Mr. Kagan resigned the deanship in April 1992, lobbing a parting bomb at the faculty that bucked his administration.
Donald Kagan on Western Civilization|David Frum|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But by now he had forgotten all about Bud Lee and horses to ride and to be bucked off by.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch|Jackson Gregory
Bucked and throwed me, but I kept my holt o' the stirrups with my foot—so!
A Waif of the Plains|Bret Harte
"I've not bucked against anything you've said or done since you've been here," he went on, speaking fast and grimly.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett
They bucked away till noon with discouraging results, and came in with their gear smashed and a driving-rod fractured.
The Nerve of Foley|Frank H. Spearman
She reared and bucked and carried him hither and thither, but he flogged her between the ears without ceasing.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales|Anonymous

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