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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Authorities in Zambia have warned people not to eat meat from wildlife after dozens of wild animals, including hippos, elephants, buffalo and a crocodile died following an anthrax outbreak.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The score, while respectable, was still lower than a buffalo chicken Caesar she sampled in Syracuse and a Caesar wrap from Sweetgreen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Another Outback creature, commonly found in the Northern Territory, is the buffalo.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Erewhon stores have become tourist destinations, with people posting videos on social media of themselves visiting and trying foods such as raw vegan cinnamon rolls and buffalo cauliflower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He sat down to carve up the buffalo and roast the meat.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

Faced with poaching and the gradual destruction of their natural habitats, big mammals have largely disappeared, according to the survey which underlined the need to protect chimpanzees, buffaloes and elephants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

More than 80 buffaloes have been killed after they trampled over each other and drowned in a river, Namibia's environment and tourism department has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

It has some of the fewer than 100 remaining critically endangered mountain bongos in the world, alongside rhinos, elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards and others.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Yala National Park, located in the country's south-east, is one of Sri Lanka's most popular wildlife parks, home to a high concentration of leopards, elephants and buffalos, among other animals.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024

"The Ministry will contribute 723 animals comprising 30 hippos, 60 buffalos, 50 impalas, 100 blue wilderbeast, 300 zebras, 83 elephants and 100 elands," the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said in a statement.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

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

In the fields, gray buffalos and brown cows graze lazily on the grass.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

When was the last time you looked at the exquisite list of synonyms for the word “baffled”? They may be among the best in the English language: puzzled, nonplused, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped, fogged, wildered, buffaloed.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

"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

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 Andy Adams


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