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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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buckling

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈbʌk.lɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.

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. bucklingload bucklingstress bucklingunder bucklingloads bucklingbuckling localbuckling scleralbuckling lateral
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Poetry examples for buckling

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