Buckling

As the only Asian writer in many rooms, I felt so alone, buckling under the pressure to represent my entire race and prove that I deserved a seat at the table—or a spot on that stage.

My parents couldn’t get unemployment for weeks because that system was buckling under pressure.

The bay doors were opened to prevent them from buckling under the weight of water, mud, and debris, as they have done in the past, and for a time the torrent flowed through the hall.

The two ended the fight throwing haymakers, with Holloway buckling Allen with a counter left in the final few seconds.

Are the wheels buckling at No10 already?

Bolton’s defence, which had been so secure earlier in the game, was now buckling under the pressure and the players gradually sat deeper and deeper to protect their lead.

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In a particularly high-profile example, Alberta was forced to declare an emergency grid alert in January when the system — under pressure from a number of natural gas plant outages as well as wind that was not blowing — came close to buckling.

Jeffries also flagged concerns about non-residential construction outside China, including the US commercial real estate market, which is buckling under significant debt and low valuations.

Just as we automatically reach for the sink when we enter the house, buckling up should become a habit when getting into a car.

Seat belts help secure you inside your vehicle, whereas not buckling up can result in being ejected from your vehicle in a crash.

The exorbitant cost of this flawed approach to healthcare is borne by society—through higher overall health spending, worse outcomes, and a public system buckling under the weight of the uninsured and underinsured.

The flagellation appears only to have begun, considering the limited wounds on his back, even though his legs are already buckling and his eyes rolling into the back of his head.

The island’s fragile public services, designed for a much smaller population, are buckling under the strain.

Those familiar with the biblical chronicles will recall the image of a young swash buckling Christ on horseback who rode in anger to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem to disperse traders and gamblers who had made the Temple their shop floor.

But as cases surge across the South and West, this capacity is buckling, sending a stark warning to other states that were bracing for a fall wave of COVID-19 infections.

Dr Sohail Karim, a director at Hempstead Pharmacy in Gillingham, says the practice had been buckling under the strain of "excessive demand" for prescriptions.

Manny Franco will be making his Belmont Stakes debut riding Tiz the Law, but Tagg isn’t worried about the 25-year-old buckling under pressure — even if just four of the last 20 Belmont Stakes favorites have actually won the race.

Meanwhile, health care systems in Europe and New York are buckling under the strain, with Spain's death toll climbing to more than 4000.

Minarets were added, and later the great Ottoman architect Sinan built massive buttresses to prevent the walls from buckling under the weight of the dome, which was damaged in earthquakes.