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It's Brexit one day, election issues the next. We've been telling clients to sort of buckle up.

Jeff Mortimer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's crazy how big this jackpot is, buckle up: It's going to be a crazy ride between now and Wednesday night.

Alex Traverso

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

No one man is in charge. It’s a negotiating team, sometimes the India team does get preoccupied by having to fend off all these attacks, but they will not buckle under finger pointing from a small group of Western countries.

Shyam Saran

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

So I have a belt: Somebody hits me with a belt, it's going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way, it moves that way, he hit the belt buckle. Anybody have a knife? Want to try it on me? Believe me, it ain't gonna work. You're going to be successful, but he took the knife and went like this and he plunged it into the belt and, amazing, the belt stayed totally flat and the knife broke.

Donald Trump on Thursday

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When he said he hit a friend of his in the face with a lock, with a pad lock, right in the face, I say, 'Whoa,' that's pretty bad, and when he said he stabbed somebody with a knife but it hit a belt buckle -- I know all about knives and belt buckles. Belt buckles aren't gonna stop because they can turn, they can twist ... they're not solid especially if somebody's got a couple extra pounds on them.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I would have to either make a decision to stand or I would have to buckle down and leave, and if I left, resigned or chose to retire, I would have no voice for God’s word. So when that day came, she issued an edict : No more marriage licenses would be issued in Rowan County. It was a decision that would bring down the wrath of militant LGBT activists and their supporters.

Kim Davis

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The Turkish president is continuing to enhance The Turkish president positionandwill use this to show that The Turkish president is in charge, will use this toshow The Turkish president wo n’t buckle, so I actually do think they will have the will.

Henri Barkey

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.

Iggy Azalea

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

As the religious printing and publishing capital of America, Nashville is known as the ‘Buckle of the Bible Belt.’.

Steve Southerland

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

My image was all daring deeds, until my swash began to buckle a bit

Richard Todd

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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