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There’s more to the story: in Trade Desk’s case, the digital advertising firm has buckled under competitive pressure from Amazon.com.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
English soccer’s dominant force was tested by a new rival in the form of Arsenal, but Mikel Arteta’s team has buckled under the pressure of trying to keep pace with Guardiola’s relentless trophy-winning machine.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023
Since the war began, its economy has buckled under the stress of runaway inflation, evaporating foreign investment and shrinking grain supplies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022
The B4069 near Lyneham in Wiltshire has buckled in places, leaving huge cracks in the road, due to subsidence.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2022
That is the landscape I focus on, a field of oblongs, gently undulating where the earth beneath has buckled, from decade after decade of winter frost.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
