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buffet

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




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A buffet of bite-size videos: TikTok is awash in vertical dramas, a new form of entertainment intended to be watched exclusively on your phone.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The trailer alone promises a scene-chewing buffet served by a cast stacked with British TV favorites, including “Ted Lasso” alumnus Nick Mohammed.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The other factor in the region’s monster-sized smallmouth population is environmental: The arrival and prevalence of goby fish, an invasive species which arrived in the 1990s and became a smallmouth-fattening buffet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

So I decided: We’re going to have a buffet, invite some friends over—the Murrays, and Cliff and Dodie Hope.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

"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

As competition from all-you-can-eat deals grows, Golden Corral this month decided to take its buffets one step further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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

Las Vegas once offered cheap hotel rooms and buffets as loss leaders to lure gamblers into casinos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Then again, I think of the after-church lunches I used to go to with their big buffets, all-you-can-eat style.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

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

Nominated by Tonga, the former foreign trade minister joins a growing field to become secretary-general of the international organization that has been buffeted by global divisions and budget issues.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Coastlines are already being buffeted and inundated by rising seas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Occasional gusts of wind buffeted the massive sliding door.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The big bank found that spending was up strongly on entertainment and arts for the month, which its economists said underscored consumers’ appetite for experiences even with the economic headwinds buffeting Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

Globalization was buffeting the region with other big changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025

Most of Maddie’s being was absorbed in flying the buffeting Anson.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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