buffeted
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The problems that have long buffeted the nation’s smaller schools are now spreading to the nation’s bigger, richer universities—with midsize private schools such as Syracuse especially feeling the pinch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Firefighters wrestled "numerous flare-ups" under control overnight, working in very difficult conditions as powerful winds buffeted the eastern region bordering Germany -- with a "mini-tornado" even striking a town outside the park.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The interim period ushered in relative stability in trade policy as officials crafted a new set of levies to replace it—a welcome relief for trade-reliant firms buffeted by constant policy shifts over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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 owl was so small, in fact, that it kept tumbling over in the air, buffeted this way and that in the train’s slipstream.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
