Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a plan to bolster Canada's car industry and support its electric vehicle transition, as the sector buckles under the weight of US tariffs.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

“Your buckles should face not left, not right, but straight ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

He trains hard, mentally prepares himself and still buckles to fear.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

Other technology, like 3D printers, have made it possible to re-create items like vintage belt buckles that prove impossible to find.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Gold breastplate, armbands, a gold-hilted sword and scabbard, gold tassels and buckles, and gold embroidery all over.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff