buffet
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Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
My final meal before heading to the airport wasn’t a breakfast buffet but the best and cheapest prosciutto and mozzarella sandwich of the trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
At the buffet for the central command post in Lege-Cap-Ferret, it takes two full-size catering trays to contain the range of artisanal cheeses crumbling or oozing onto the warm metal for the firefighters' pleasure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
On a Tuesday night in May, prospective diners were told it would be about an hour’s wait to eat at the Wynn buffet, which starts at $80 per person for dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They’d make their way toward Jack, shake his hand, say something nice about Mom, and then move on to the buffet.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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The Vegas of cheap rooms, 24-hour buffets and slot machines is giving way to pricey concerts, luxury suites and Formula One racing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
In the loop outside the theater are food trucks, buffets, and more than half a dozen Vancouver-area coffee, tea, and matcha pop-ups serving unlimited boutique offerings.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Footage seen by the BBC shows what appears to be undercooked food, buffets surrounded by flies and mould in rooms.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a casino and hotel company that operated four Deen-themed buffets at various locations, ends its relationship with Deen less than two hours after her “Today” interview.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025
She weathered the buffets of history with resilience—but she weathered the buffets of heredity with something more than resilience: a grace that we, as her descendants, can only hope to emulate.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Nominated by Tonga, the former foreign trade minister joins a growing field to become secretary-general of the international organization that has been buffeted by global divisions and budget issues.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The group's performance reflects the roller coaster ride by cocoa prices over the past five years when it has been buffeted by wars, poor harvests and economic worries in key markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The blustery conditions were not as extreme as Thursday's when 40mph gusts of wind buffeted the Long Island course in New York state.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Separated by oceans and continents, buffeted by very different intellectual winds, the two men had sailed to the same port.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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It’s not unlike what the Dodgers do, with their prize-winning farm system buffeting their star-studded,championship-winning, big-league club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
India’s prime minister has urged locals to stop buying gold for a year, an appeal aimed at defending the country’s foreign-exchange reserves as geopolitical headwinds keep buffeting the rupee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Eyewitnesses told Swiss media that strong winds were buffeting the mountainside when the crash happened.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
But the challenges buffeting America these days go beyond the author’s charged and sometimes blinkered framework.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
He gave a sharp tug as if against some obstruction, and looked up into the buffeting dark before looping the rope around a cleat on the suspension ring.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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