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buffet

[buh-fay, boo-, boo-fay, buhf-it] / bəˈfeɪ, bʊ-, ˈbu feɪ, ˈbʌf ɪt /




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Then he fielded questions from members of the audience, who raised concerns about tenant evictions and taxes in between trips to the buffet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The group had come for a Southern-style buffet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Not because of lost life savings on the slot machines or undercooked food at the buffet, but because England fell to a record 90-4 defeat by Australia at the Allegiant Stadium in Nevada.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

So we plan to cater a barbecue buffet from Palmetto Pig, one of our favorite restaurants, instead.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

For this formal affair, however, places were set at table, and the buffet was enormous, eighteen or twenty hot and cold dishes, mostly variations on sube-eggs and breadapple.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Those resorts were once synonymous with the most generic budget vacations — packed buffets, weak drinks, brightly colored beachfront hotels that vacationers never leave — observed Bernstein analysts in a note on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I still do buffets and things for players and long-standing fans. We have a game tonight, and I'm making the sandwiches now."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Oysters are a staple of brunch menus and seafood buffets across Australia, with local varieties famed for their rich, creamy flavour.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In March 2020, professors writing an academic paper on customer satisfaction evaluated more than a dozen buffets on the Strip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

He had the look of a football player a few years past his prime, the type of guy who ate at buffets.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

In September, high tides and powerful wave activity from Hurricane Marie buffeted the San Clemente coastline, temporarily halting Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service after more erosion and slope damage was spotted near the train tracks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

Douglas Belkin and Roshan Fernandez trace how the problems that have long buffeted the nation’s smaller schools are now spreading to bigger, richer universities—with midsize private schools such as Syracuse especially feeling the pinch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

If bouts of rain wasn't enough, parts of southern England and Wales will be buffeted by strong winds at times too.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Smashed, buffeted, he dragged himself to the side beneath the pressure wave.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

The squarish contours offered a thousand places for whistling and buffeting to hide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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

The luxury sector is currently going through a challenging period for sales globally that is impacting many companies, but Hermes has been well-protected from the buffeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

But it was no use, and now she could not sleep, and the wind was buffeting the walls of their tent, keening like an army of ghosts.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo


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