1
as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks
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2
as in to devote
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention
buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time
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as in loop
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Recent Examples of buckle
Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Americans are buckling under chaos Republicans helped create.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Maggie Horton, People.com, 6 May 2025
Miss Tina wore a sparkling gold dress with an interlocking waist buckle.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025
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Verb
According to one popular hypothesis, the pot had eventually boiled over: after eons of frustrated heating, some 800 million years ago, the planet’s outer shell buckled, and Venus’s entire surface was paved over with immense outpourings of fresh lava.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Americans are buckling under chaos Republicans helped create.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
The boots are waterproof and have an anti-slip rubber sole and an adjustable buckle strap detail, similar to the Hunter boots.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 6 May 2025
Miss Tina wore a sparkling gold dress with an interlocking waist buckle.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckle
Verb
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The security perimeter collapses, and the risk increases exponentially.—
Craig Davies,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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And the fact that talks have not yet collapsed is an indication that the U.S. may be considering this red line.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Islam recommends devoting no more than 5% of your portfolio to thematic ETFs, for example.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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Regardless of high prices, Bulgari’s Creative Director Lucia Silvestri has devoted herself to making the pieces more wearable, articulated, and comfortable on the body.—
Daisy Shaw-Ellis,
Vogue,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The NFTs can be accessed on a mobile device and users can watch them on a loop.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Legendary Golf Writer Dan Jenkins nicknamed this three-hole stretch on Colonial the 'Horrible Horseshoe' for its immense difficulty and because its routing is shaped like a loop.—
Jack Milko,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Radamel Falcao has gone home to Colombia; playing for Millonarios in Bogota and perhaps most spectacularly Óscar Cardozo, who is now 42, has spent almost a decade back playing in his native Paraguay after a decade abroad.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Looking back, how the 31-year-old forward even played that game against Portland and eventually helped the San Antonio Spurs win their first National Basketball Association title may go down as a much more remarkable feat.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
Verb
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The same applies to the other numbers noted in the study, 6835, 7637, 8093, and 9629.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Some eighteen hundred years later, Nietzsche had his migraines treated with leeches applied to his ears.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Noun
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What is the point of keeping La Jolla in its fold if the city cannot maintain it?—
Ted Levis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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In shapes designed to cover expression lines, frown lines, crow’s feet, and nasolabial folds, the patches have been clinically proven to reduce the appearance of wrinkles between the brows.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But there are few substitutes for availability, and no player has given more to Spurs this season than Porro.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The former monk also gave specific advice on how to hone in on what's important in life.—
Melody Chiu,
People.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The Royals said kids can begin lining up in the eighth inning on the first-base spiral near Gate D on the Plaza Level.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
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Bond yields are reaching 20-year highs amid the realization in financial markets that many of the budget cuts in the House bill are gimmicks and the deficit spiral will mostly continue.—
The Editors,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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“Buckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckle. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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