buckling
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of buckling
C20: from German Bückling
Example Sentences
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The ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee, preventing it from buckling and keeping the tibia from moving too far forward.
From Los Angeles Times
The horses’ blinders hung on a wooden wall that was turning black and buckling from the fire.
From Literature
As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.
From MarketWatch
Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said winter viruses were placing further strain on an "already buckling system".
From BBC
Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan swung into the red for the first time in nearly three years, buckling under the costs of a brutal price war.
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