buff
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Dad was a bit of a history buff and I was on my first big trip away from home.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Dingell said she's still trying to figure out if Piker is popular because "he exercises and looks buff."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Simmons, a self-confessed family history buff, said his great-grandfather studied in London between 1839 to 1844.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Gough first caught the public’s attention in 2019, when ahead of the resignation of Theresa May—the first in a long line of Downing Street departures—viewers noticed the buff man behind the mic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
And he took a rag and began to buff the side of his dusty coffin with it.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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