Madeline is buckling under the pressure of her passionless marriage.
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It isn't just businesses buckling under the weight of regulation either.
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Betty is buckling under the weight of her family's many issues.
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The world's steel industry is buckling under low prices (see chart).
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Our infrastructure, social services and economy are buckling under the strain.
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Motorists navigate through potholes on streets buckling under the equatorial sun.
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Buckling under the epidemic, aid agencies flocked to help contain the virus.
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Icahn says refiners are at risk of buckling under the increasing costs.
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At present, this constitutional design is buckling under the weight of partisanship.
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Reports of the Canadian immigration website buckling under heavy traffic were, however, exaggerated.
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We need paid sick leave, and support for states buckling under Medicaid costs.
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The group has, at times, looked close to buckling under the weight of expectations.
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That old form of denialism is buckling under the weight of the growing number
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It filed for bankruptcy protection in 2016 after buckling under 65 billion reais of debt.
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What could be more salacious than the world's biggest pop star buckling under the pressure?
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The consensus was that the Olympic movement was buckling under the weight of its excesses.
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The trial further split apart a city already buckling under the weight of racially charged policing.
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Despite its low labor costs, it is not alone in buckling under pressure from Chinese competition.
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Emerging markets are buckling under the weight of higher U.S. interest rates and a strong dollar.
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The company is in danger of buckling under the cost of the recall without a lifeline.
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Airlines are buckling under the strain, especially after President Trump's ban on most visitors from Europe.
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Switzerland hopes to prevent railway tracks from buckling under extreme heat by painting the rails white.
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Refugee agencies say the spike comes at a time when overcrowded camps are buckling under pressure.
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But there are already signs the economy is buckling under the weight of Trump's trade war.
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Health activists have criticised the review, saying India is buckling under U.S. pressure and compromising patients.
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These birds seem beyond death, buckling under their own weight, implicitly vulnerable, succumbing to their impending decay.
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Everything seems to be working fine now, but Atari's own site appears to be buckling under traffic.
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Corporations give the appearance of buckling under pressure from Donald Trump to create more jobs in America.
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The telecoms firm filed for bankruptcy protection in 2016 after buckling under 65 billion reais of debt.
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The squabble risks destabilising a divided nation that is already buckling under the weight of Syrian refugees.
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Now the parties are becoming more polarized, and the system is buckling under the pressure that creates.
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Nancy is haunted by Barb's death and buckling under the strain of keeping her fate a secret.
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People in Lebanon, buckling under the strains of a rapidly declining economy, are taking aim at crony capitalism.
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Dubrovnik joins a growing list of cities around the world that are buckling under the weight of overtourism.
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Switzerland on Wednesday, for instance, announced zero and low-interest loans to companies buckling under epidemic-linked disruptions.
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The economy is buckling under the strain: The long bull market is over, and a recession seems inevitable.
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In the developed world too, bank stocks are buckling under flattening yield curves and the growth outlook is dimming.
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Two, increase food and medical aid to African refugee camps which are buckling under the influx of daily newcomers.
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Michigan's roster was buckling under the weight of Lloyd Carr's mediocre recruiting well before it collapsed under Rich Rodriguez.
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British education is burdened with decades of political incompetence, basically, and it looks to be buckling under the strain.
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These measures increased the burden on consumers already buckling under some of the highest inflation rates in a decade.
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Now, it appears Amazon and DoorDash are buckling under pressure and taking a more driver-friendly approach to tipping.
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Malaysia is buckling under the amount of trash exported there by affluent nations, especially those in the European Union.
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Most currencies in the region slid on the day, with Mexico and Colombia's pesos buckling under pressure from oil prices.
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But Jordanians, buckling under rising unemployment and inflation rates, say they won't bear the brunt of the kingdom's economic struggles.
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Overwhelmed with emotions, I fell to the floor, my knees buckling under the weight of what I had just learned.
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You're paying off debtMillions of millennials and Gen Xers are buckling under debt, mostly from credit cards and student loans.
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Monte dei Paschi was rescued by the Italian state last year as it risked buckling under a bad loan pile.
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The country is buckling under a severe liquidity crisis, with informal and irregular capital controls being imposed across its banking sector.
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Iran's economy has been buckling under increasingly heavy U.S. sanctions imposed after the Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Others — including New York City under Mayor Michael Bloomberg — tried and failed, buckling under intense opposition from food (mainly soda) companies.
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People in Lebanon, buckling under the strains of a rapidly declining economy, are taking aim at what they see as crony capitalism.
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In fact, the third-person shooter saw a peak 3.4 million concurrent players in March, with the servers buckling under the pressure.
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It is buckling under the demands of developing fuel-efficient engines and electric and hybrid powertrains to meet ever-stricter emissions targets.
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This is partly a matter of gender: office fiction about women tends to show its protagonists buckling under a balancing act, alone.
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Lebanese agriculture experts say the move could also breathe life into a languishing agricultural sector buckling under the effects of climate change.
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The country is also buckling under an economic crisis that has sent prices soaring, and led to mass layoffs and salary cuts.
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The political deadlock has paralysed decision-making and crippled basic services in a country already buckling under the strain of 211m Syrian refugees.
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Italy rescued the world's oldest bank in 2017 to stop it from buckling under a pile of bad loans after years of mismanagement.
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But there's plenty of drama in a story about addicts buckling under pressure, giving in to their worst impulses when it matters most.
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Like all of the industries buckling under the outpouring of allegations of sexual misconduct, this is not a new problem at TED conferences.
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Public health advocates worry the administration may be buckling under pressure from vaping companies and Trump supporters that are lobbying against the ban.
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As the retail apocalypse drags on into 2020, an increasing number of brick-and-mortar stores are buckling under pressure from online competitors.
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There is no doubt that a student debt crisis exists in the United States, and an entire generation is buckling under its weight.
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Instead, launching a medium-range missile would allow them to deny they were buckling under foreign pressure while not triggering a vigorous international reaction.
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The oceanside host city is buckling under a surge in violent crime amid a national Zika epidemic that has spooked athletes and spectators alike.
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But while that is the intellectual backdrop, politically speaking, neither Trump nor China's Xi Jinping can be seen publicly buckling under to the other.
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Dubrovnik joins a growing list of cities and towns buckling under the weight of overtourismCities around the world are taking measures to combat overtourism.
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And as Miller went on, he was stunned by how well Sloan seemed to be absorbing this new information, without buckling under its weight.
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Oi, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2016 after buckling under 65 billion reais of debt, is currently governed by a transitional board of directors.
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The Caribbean haven buckling under $70 billion of debt has continued to pay COFINA bonds while skipping some G.O. payments under a 2016 emergency law.
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Germany was buckling under economic hardship, which, together with the ideological aftershocks of World War I, had made it a breeding ground for nationalist ideas.
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Still, department store brands continue to decline, buckling under the pressure of underperforming stores and the growing dominance of digital rivals and e-commerce platforms.
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By acting now, we can prevent current and future generations from buckling under the weight of paying for education while bolstering the economy for everyone.
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It becomes no wonder that this kid grew up to be an adult buckling under a weight he can barely bring himself to admit he's carrying.
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This is the latest in a series of proposed austerity measures that have angered people already buckling under ballooning debt, rising prices and falling living standards.
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New Dawn can't and won't revivify itself the way Assassin's Creed: Origins did when that franchise started buckling under the weight of its own tired legacy.
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Vulnerable governments that risk buckling under the strain of the pandemic require financial support to prevent the global health crisis from also becoming a financial crisis.
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"Traditional mattress retailers have been alienating customers for decades and are now buckling under pressure," Philip Krim, Casper's co-founder and CEO, said in an email.
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Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, buckling under the weight of thousands of lawsuits from states and individuals seeking damages stemming from the epidemic.
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The underpinnings of this stage are buckling under the weight of our own crises, perhaps even collapsing, all of it in ways we don't yet understand.
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At the end, Peña Nieto left the congressional hall through a side door, as if in shame, buckling under scandalous levels of corruption, impunity, violence and crime.
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Over the next few months, some economists say, that number could jump to 1.7 million — and the country's social safety net is already buckling under the load.
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But they are united in believing that American liberalism as currently constituted is past its expiration date, that it is buckling under the weight of its contradictions.
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The impoverished northeastern African country is buckling under its debt with defaulted loans owed to the private sector making up just a small part of the burden.
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The train stopped shortly after we got into the mountains because of what the conductor called a "heat slowdown," tracks so overheated they risked buckling under the train.
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Except for the distant beeps of electrical-crew trucks, all you could hear was the crack of trees buckling under the weight of the ice, day and night.
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Just after midnight Friday, the Kennedy School dean rescinded Ms. Manning's fellowship, prompting another round of complaints by others who saw a vaunted institution buckling under political pressure.
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Calling such a move a disservice to the American people, White House spokesman Josh Earnest declared GOP lawmakers were buckling under pressure from the soon-to-be Republican president.
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Buckling under the pressure from groups like Westfield 20/20, Lance ultimately voted against the bill, helping to stall Republican efforts to rewrite healthcare policy, at least for now.
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The pandemic is already creating an emergency in much wealthier countries in Europe and Asia, where healthcare systems are close to buckling under the rush of COVID-19 patients.
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Destination Maternity, a leading retailer of maternity wear, filed for bankruptcy Monday, buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.
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But the veep's trip is also part of a deliberately amped-up travel schedule as the White House tries to show it isn't buckling under the strain of impeachment.
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They signaled to potential attackers that they could expect harsh punishment and reminded Jordanians buckling under price increases that their country faces a serious security threat, Mr. Kamhawi said.
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With its economy buckling under the sanctions, Iran had to choose between negotiating under Pompeo's severe terms or proving that it could plunge the entire Middle East into chaos.
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Mr. Sanders also captured the imagination of California's young people, many of whom are struggling with the exorbitant cost of living in the state and buckling under student loans.
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Even if he weren't to act on these radical ideas, a Corbyn-led UK would further unsettle a Western alliance already buckling under pressure put on by President Donald Trump.
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The BOJ blindsided global financial markets on January 29 by adopted negative interest rates for the first time, buckling under pressure to revive growth in the world's third-largest economy.
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Blindsiding global financial markets on January 29, the BOJ adopted negative interest rates for the first time ever, buckling under pressure to revive growth in the world's third-largest economy.
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I didn't realize that Goldman interviewers would be actually testing candidates in such a surprising way, for example, by shuffling their papers to see if you're buckling under the pressure.
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Anything that could be perceived as buckling under U.S. pressure, such as amending China's laws, would run contrary to the "iron man" image Xi has created through his tough rhetoric.
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At the same time Bed Bath & Beyond, among the major retailers buckling under the online competition led by Amazon, saw its stock hit a nearly 10-year low in April.
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But German Chancellor Angela Merkel kept delaying it out of fear of irritating Turkey, only buckling under a groundswell of pressure from inside her own ruling coalition earlier this year.
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The Bank of Japan blindsided global financial markets Friday by adopting negative interest rates for the first time ever, buckling under pressure to revive growth in the world's third-largest economy.
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There are no spoiler-filled chats circulating, begging to be perused and dissected; there are no title-card generators buckling under the weight of thousands of unfunny jokes and winking references.
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In "BlackStar," we can read those twitching, uncomfortable young bodies as the next generation of misfits, buckling under the strain of their own alienation, and finding salvation in a book called BlackStar.
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Thankfully Congress, the Department of the Interior, and the White House are all aligned to create a fund that will help meet the daunting maintenance backlog our national parks are buckling under.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Appealing to working parents buckling under financial pressure, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that families should not have to pay more than 10 percent of their income on child care.
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The second such decree in less than two years, martial law was reimposed amid reports of a bitter succession struggle, a worrying development for a country buckling under years of political unrest.
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Italian hospitals, buckling under a surge of coronavirus patients, may soon have to deny intensive care treatment to people over 22020, according to draft plans for the next phase of the crisis.
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Eventually, buckling under the strain of denying himself — coupled with a growing awareness of the colonialist implications of the church's teachings, and a racist dynamic he could no longer ignore — he left.
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While a large and liquid fund has a greater chance of withstanding an asset freeze, a smaller fund with less of a funding buffer can be more susceptible to buckling under such strain.
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Like many critics, Ms. Kramer had complained that the Games were inappropriate for a city buckling under crime, rising unemployment and a fiscal crisis that has crippled schools, hospitals and local police departments.
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Business sentiment is buckling under pressure from the deteriorating relationship between the United States and China, as well as tightening financial conditions in the form of higher borrowing costs and falling equity prices.
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Some might see an incongruence between my vehement pro-choice position and my impassioned work supporting parents-to-be who are buckling under the strain of miscarriage or of being unable to conceive.
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Australia is also buckling under a severe drought, coupled with a brutal heat wave—in mid December, the country saw its hottest day ever recorded, an average maximum temperature of 107.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Atwood's dystopian vision of a United States buckling under fundamentalist, Puritan-adjacent rule is a stark and bitter warning, one that's been called eerily relevant since it was published more than 30 years ago.
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The magazine's website, apparently buckling under the unusual spate of traffic, was down for part of the evening, but that did not stop the avalanche of coverage on television, news sites and social media.
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Asked how jetpacks could be anything other than a technological curiosity, Lighter noted that more people are moving to densely populated urban centers at a time when our transportation infrastructure is buckling under the strain.
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Oilfield service companies are buckling under slowing demand for their equipment and services, as concerns of tepid oil demand growth and oversupply persist and investors pressure energy companies to restrain spending and focus on returns.
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There is definitely a story in We Happy Few now, but experiencing what it has to say is more tedious than fun, and you can see the game buckling under the constraints of its foundation.
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For European Union leaders and global investors, it is a nightmare possibility that could rattle Italy's economy, already buckling under enormous public debt, and send Europe, now at the threshold of recovery, back into crisis.
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The poll would seem to allay fears, at least for now, that Mr. de Blasio's political position might deteriorate precipitously, buckling under persistent criticism of his management style and his response to a spike in homelessness.
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Buckling under the strain to process asylum applications, house and integrate these newcomers, Parliament passed a temporary law that limits the number of people granted permanent residency and restricts immigration by relatives of refugees settled here.
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The French authorities responded with a pointed English-language statement to say that the building, already buckling under the weight of crumbling wooden beams and limestone, would have been destroyed if that advice had been followed.
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Sayad district, in northern Sar-e-Pul province, had put up a fierce defense over the past two years against attacks by insurgents as other parts of the province seemed to be buckling under Taliban pressure.
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She noted that with an economy buckling under American sanctions and a military far less equipped than that of the U.S., the country is not in the position economically or militarily to fight a conventional war.
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More importantly, outages like these hurt consumer confidence in cord-cutting services like YouTube TV — since traditional cable doesn't have the reputation of buckling under pressure when millions of people try to use it at once.
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Russia's rouble weakened beyond 70 versus the dollar for the first time since March 2016 before recovering its losses, buckling under pressure from uncertainty about U.S. sanctions and concern ahead of a central bank meeting on Friday.
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"This proposal is another illegal attempt by the Trump administration to prop up an industry already buckling under the powerful force of the free market," said U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat on the Senate Environment Committee.
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Our social and political institutions are buckling under digital threats to democracy, and we are in danger of granting even more power to Big Tech when we fail to see why users are making desperate declarations of independence.
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In the months surrounding GO's launch, Niantic's team shrank dramatically, spun out of Google, and then rapidly expanded… all while trying to keep GO's servers from buckling under demand and to keep this massive influx of players happy.
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The territory's gross domestic product has only grown one year in the last decade, and its medical system was buckling under funding shortages and an aging population even before hurricanes Maria and Irma ravaged the island in September.
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The situation we face today with Obamacare is no different: It is on the verge of collapse, buckling under the weight of its own toxic mix of mandates and regulations, and many of our fellow Americans are trapped inside.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka admitted to buckling under the pressure of having to defend her Australian Open title, saying she was still searching for the "champion mentality", following her third-round upset by American teenager Coco Gauff on Friday.
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According to Bee, she was "hosting the dinner they should be having" — they being to the White House Correspondents' Association, whom the comedian also called out for buckling under the demands of President Donald Trump and scaling back on the comedy.
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While their command economy could nimbly deploy resources to serve its military aims in the early decades of the Cold War, the underlying frailty of its economy led to it buckling under the stress of a long-term arms race.
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Tensions between Washington and Tehran have escalated against the backdrop of an Iranian economy buckling under the reimposition of U.S. sanctions, which had previously been waived under the Obama-era deal in exchange for restrictions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
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BRASILIA, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's real posted a record closing low on Tuesday of 4.5109 per dollar, buckling under mounting selling pressure as Brazil's growth and interest rates outlook dimmed in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut.
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Toys "R" Us, buckling under competition from Amazon and several billions of dollars of debt, filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in September 2017 and then liquidated its businesses last year in the United States and several other regions, including Britain.
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Argentina is once again buckling under the weight of its sovereign debts, which total around $100 billion, and Fernandez needs to urgently agree a deal with creditors to ease the burden and give his government space to try to revive the economy.
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The experience of being a member of this generation has been shaped by economic precarity and financial insecurity, with millennials earning roughly 20 percent less than Baby Boomers did at the same stage of life, and buckling under an average of $42,000 in student debt.
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"I felt my back pressed firmly against the linoleum floor, my limp body buckling under each compression, my chest swelling with each artificial breath squeezed into me through a tube, a hollow slipping sensation," he wrote in his memoir Mirror Touch, published in 2017.
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It was a hopeful vision for a fairer society, offered at a time when the country is experiencing wage stagnation and spiraling living costs, with many buckling under because of the economic crash of 2008 and the Conservative Party's savage austerity cuts that followed.
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The move comes amid rapidly escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran and against the backdrop of an Iranian economy buckling under the weight of U.S. sanctions, which had previously been lifted under the Obama-era deal in exchange for limits on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
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If your well-intentioned resolution to get organized is already buckling under the weight of your work inbox or your promise to hit the gym has turned into hitting the snooze button, life coach Tony Robbins has a simple technique to help get or keep you on track.
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When I first wrote about Ford for CNN in 2013, I hoped to make the point that he wasn't that different from many people all around you — outwardly successful while secretly buckling under the weight of alcohol or drugs — and that addiction is a nondiscriminatory predator that strikes everywhere.
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The president's relentless attacks on the central bank, which he blames for slowing United States economic growth, are putting Mr. Powell in a bind as he tries to bolster the economy without feeding fears that he is buckling under political pressure and damaging the integrity of an independent Fed.
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Elliott seemed to be buckling under the weight of the looming punishment at the start of the season, but he has looked like his old self in the last two weeks, and it is no coincidence that the Cowboys (3-3) have righted the ship along the way.
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With gasoline's slump, overall refining margins in Singapore have dropped nearly 22014 percent since the beginning of the year, buckling under the weight of the fuel products pumped out of oil plants as refiners feasted on crude prices that were as low as three-quarters of their mid-22016 levels.
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"Lost in the attorney general's saber-rattling was the fact that the US federal court system already is buckling under the weight of immigration prosecutions, which previous administrations also have turned to as a show of force against unlawful immigration," said Heidi Altman, director of policy at the National Immigrant Justice Center.
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After the nation mourned 22008 first-grade children who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 213—and 22016-90% of Americans favoured expanded background checks for gun buyers—the Senate, buckling under pressure from the National Rifle Association (NRA), rejected a rather mild bill in April 2013 by a 54-46 vote.
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Andrew Reilly, 18, South Forsyth High School: "Tulip Mania" in 17th century Holland and Bitcoin Bitcoin's price has risen 2000% in 2017; the newfound attention associated with this rise has brought record traffic levels to many cryptocurrency exchanges, many of them buckling under the pressure of thousands of market orders during highly volatile periods of trading.
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In addition, some issues users dealt with had to do with the authorization piece of HBO GO. Many of the issues streaming users experienced with the HBO platform weren't due to the platform itself buckling under the load – as is common with streaming services – but were instead problems with local distributors' ability to authorize subscriber accounts due to the overwhelming number of requests.
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Two months ago I ended a relationship that was buckling under the stress of long distance and a demanding job that I love, and found myself rewatching the Gilmore Girls episode when Rory and Paris sit down for dinner and come to the slow, ugly realization that despite the rending that it will cause them, there's nothing they aren't willing to sacrifice for their careers.
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The White House believes it can brush off the latest racially-charged controversy confronting it, with allies arguing the blowback over President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's disparaging remarks about "shithole" countries is just the latest example of overcooked media outrage and weak GOP lawmakers buckling under pressure.
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