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bucking

verb

present participle of buck

as in yanking

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion the car bucked and stalled

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as in resisting

to refuse to give in to bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

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as in handing

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom

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Recent Examples of bucking As of Wednesday, the KBW bank index is down nearly 11% over the past month, bucking the S&P 500’s 1% advance. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Chick-fil-A is bucking a growing fast-food industry trend, with CEO Andrew Cathy saying the chicken chain does not plan to use artificial intelligence to take customers' drive-thru orders. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Palantir Technologies — The software giant rose more than 2%, bucking the broader market trend, after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to buy. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Those heavy-for-caliber projectiles penetrate well and shoot flat and do a decent job of bucking the wind thanks to their high ballistic coefficients. — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 But as energy costs have jumped in many parts of the country over the last year — driven in part by data center development and rising gas prices amid the war with Iran — Connecticut is bucking the trend. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 In Season 2, bucking typical TV trends, the show’s ratings grew by 40% domestically and 100% internationally. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 One in every 60 adults in the archipelago of less than a million people are now estimated to have Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) –– bucking a global trend of falling rates of the incurable, but treatable, virus. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 But the show is also bucking a recent trend of second-season declines for a number of series, and for a smaller series to have its ratings curve go up in season two is notable. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucking

Verb

Shortly after, the video shows the same officer yanking him to the ground, punching and kicking him.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Zabransky was the first person to reach Rabb in the end zone, yanking him into the air for a bear hug.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026

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Verb

At the Homo Faber craft festival in Venice this past September, one such work—its mouth opening up like a blooming flower—had onlookers resisting the urge to touch it.

— Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026
Ukraine's Eastern European neighbors such as Poland and Romania are resisting a push to allow grain to transit through them — even temporarily — due to concerns about a glut destroying demand for their own crops.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of resisting

Verb

Chisell, who previously worked at Amazon, eBay and Starling Bank, estimates that Paysend can now deliver around 25% more engineering work with the same-sized team, but argues that getting results isn’t as simple as handing everyone the latest tech.

— Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
The pro-Western opposition parties won big Saturday in the Czech Republic’s vote to fill one-third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, handing a blow to the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of handing

Verb

And like any great sitcom, Friends runs the gamut from numbing brain-rot to tear-jerking sentimentality.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Even after a bailiff woke him up, Martin slumped over in his wheelchair, inside a courtroom bullpen, occasionally jerking and opening his eyes.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerking

Verb

With opposing defenses likely to devote more attention to Anderson, Kohl emphasized the importance of getting other playmakers involved.

— Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Trump’s post outlining a clear plan for construction complicates a federal court hearing scheduled for Monday in a lawsuit filed by the DC Preservation League and two golfers opposing the construction.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposing

Verb

Not only is the rush defense slightly worse than the passing defense, but if the running game is going, the clock is running, and that leaves less time for Purdy to operate on offense.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The result will be a noticeably more autumnal day than any of late, with passing clouds and a crisp breeze.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of passing

Verb

Safe haven demand temporarily outweighed inflation fears, prompting capital to exit risk assets and flow into the Treasury market, thereby pulling yields lower.

— , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Through July, O’Hare held a cash advantage of $707,000 to Simmons’s $67,000, with his campaign pulling $135,000 from oil and gas companies alone.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulling

Verb

In 1932, Carlos (Milo Quifes) is a young man in Grenada at a time when Spain is lurching uncomfortably towards an ever-increasing spiteful intolerance of homosexuality.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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