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buck the system

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buck the system
to fight against the usual way of doing something. Tom spent much of his working life bucking the system, which explains why he didn't get many promotions.
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In some families in China the parents buck the system and have a second child.
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However, the fact that the story is set in Texas allows the reader to infer a wry and subversive commentary on the corporate style of administration that emerged under the Bush governorship, and the difficulty of journalists to buck the system on which their livelihoods depended.
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Of the two candidates, she's the one who appears more likely to buck the system than to play along with it.
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