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More than 600 miles away in Bangkok, the Thai capital, buildings bucked.

In that context, it was no surprise that they bucked the trend and went for a fun disco-style free dance in 2018-19 while many of their rivals were skating to more serious classical numbers.

The comic series bucks the current trend of reframing superhero narratives.

The second was to buck the naysayers and stay in the race.

And he has repeatedly used that framework to justify actions that he says are aimed at tearing down that status quo — even if it means breaching norms or bucking the law.