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While the company is still viewed as a leader in creative software, Adobe recently has buckled under competitive pressure and market skepticism over its own efforts to integrate and monetize AI.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
When an earthquake strikes, scientists can tell exactly how much each one has moved, showing how the landscape has buckled and shifted.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
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
Six months after the army seized power, Myanmar's economy has collapsed and its health system has buckled as coronavirus cases surged.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2021
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
