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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Their buffalo wings are some of the best you’ll ever have.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Barbecue, honey mustard, buffalo, something store-bought, something you stir together in a bowl.

From Salon May 22, 2026

At the time, he said the money was from selling a buffalo.

From BBC May 8, 2026

This was a year after her sister had asked, with cameras rolling, whether a can of Chicken of the Sea contained tuna or chicken, and whether Buffalo wings were made out of buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

Another otherwise suitable candidate that disqualifies itself for equally obvious reasons is the African buffalo.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The 73-year-old president has disputed the amount of money involved and said only $580,000 from the sale of 20 buffaloes to a Sudanese businessman had been stolen.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Her father, a club cricketer and clerk at the district court, sold milk from the family's four buffaloes to support the household.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

Hundreds of buffaloes have been killed in similar circumstances in the past.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

However, buffaloes are larger than zebras and hang out in groups, making them much more formidable prey.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

“Okay with me. I got along better with the buffaloes anyway.”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

This includes the taurine cattle found primarily in Europe and temperate areas of Asia; indicine cattle, or zebus, found primarily in India and tropical areas of Asia; and water buffalos in East and Southeast Asia.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2023

For now, the county has told people to use bottled water for all their needs or to fill jugs at tankers called water buffalos, which have been brought in near the burns.

From Seattle Times Aug. 19, 2023

The family is from Ibrash, in the agricultural Nile Delta province of Sharqia, where water buffalos, cows and donkeys share dirt roads with cars, motorbikes and three-wheeled rickshaws known as tuk-tuks.

From Washington Times Jun. 19, 2023

While cow slaughter is illegal in several Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh, buffalos are exempt from the ban.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2022

I kept on walking, passing paddocks filled with horses, cows, and shaggy-furred cattle that I realized must be buffalos.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

"Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites," he said.

From Fox News Oct. 19, 2021

Laurie thinks she’s got Angela buffaloed, and then Angela comes back and basically cuts her legs from under her.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2019

“You probably could have buffaloed people 10 years ago,” said Sassa.

From Time Feb. 18, 2015

Others complain that he has run the school with a somewhat autocratic hand and feel that they have been buffaloed into casting votes and rallying behind causes that they haven’t necessarily supported.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2012

Despite this, Dasch confidently assured them that he had "buffaloed" the man.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

When it comes to buffaloing the opposite side, that's my long suit.

From The Outlet by Adams, Andy




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