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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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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

Sometimes his friends would even dare him to tell a joke about buffalo wings, the kind of dares that can only be conceived by years of friendship.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Under a tent, Irma Spears’s brother fried up 240 pounds of catfish and buffalo fish.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

They recommend making a simple chicken salad, which can be enjoyed on its own or in a sandwich, along with fajitas, pot pie, buffalo chicken dip, empanadas and chicken noodle soup.

From Salon May 30, 2026

“This Pandava is mine,” said the water buffalo.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

There we met 60-year-old Rameshwar Yadav, a former private-school teacher who now reared buffaloes for a living.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

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

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

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

"We've been entertaining some Buffalo friends of Mrs. Antolini's . . . Some buffaloes, as a matter of fact."

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

"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

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

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

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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