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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Devotees swear by the beer-battered mahi mahi tacos, but with salads, buffalo meatloaf and half-pound burgers also on offer, there’s something for everyone in the car.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

But it works just as well with buffalo sauce, Caesar-style toppings, or something more traditional with salsa and lime.

From Salon May 22, 2026

At the time, he said the money was from selling a buffalo.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The general public can get in on the coveted buffalo cauliflower when the new building opens to the public on May 4 — with the partnership continuing through the summer.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

The buffalo grass around Perilee’s house was tall but thick as moss; I had no trouble picking up the tracks of three barefoot children.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Around noon, dozens of buffaloes stood in a pond.

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

The buffaloes were being chased by lions in neighbouring Botswana when they "fell from a deep cliff" into the Chobe River on the Namibian side of the border, it added in a statement.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

It illustrates the complex web of interactions among ants, trees, elephants, lions, zebras and buffaloes.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

Jody lay in his bed and thought of the impossible world of Indians and buffaloes, a world that had ceased to be forever.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

"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

In the fields, gray buffalos and brown cows graze lazily on the grass.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

"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

He knows people around the world, and as we say in Wyoming, he won’t be buffaloed.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2012

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 Adams, Andy




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