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Buckled and cracked roads, and fallen bridges are also making access difficult for emergency services.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

Buckled and impassible roads won’t make it any easier for medical organizations, said Kirsch, who has worked extensively in disaster zones, including in Haiti after it was devastated by a 2010 earthquake.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

Buckled in the back seat were her 2- and 4-year-old daughters.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

Buckled rods and downed electric pylons jutted out.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2018

She seem'd a part of joyous Spring: A gown of grass-green silk she wore, Buckled with golden clasps before; A light-green tuft of plumes she bore Closed in a golden ring.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various