buffet
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So we plan to cater a barbecue buffet from Palmetto Pig, one of our favorite restaurants, instead.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
They laid a buffet with French wine and cheeses, roast chicken, and Aggrey’s salads, one with watermelon, one with peach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
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
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"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
Labor costs are lower, with self-service buffets needing fewer servers than a traditional restaurant.
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
Meanwhile, the expensive buffets in town are thriving, a reflection of the city’s high-end tilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sand buffets my face, biting at my skin before solidifying into another creature.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Like other airlines, TAP has been buffeted by soaring jet fuel costs from the war in the Middle East.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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
The group's performance reflects the roller coaster ride by cocoa prices over the past five years when it has been buffeted by wars, poor harvests and economic worries in key markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
The blustery conditions were not as extreme as Thursday's when 40mph gusts of wind buffeted the Long Island course in New York state.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
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It’s not unlike what the Dodgers do, with their prize-winning farm system buffeting their star-studded,championship-winning, big-league club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
India’s prime minister has urged locals to stop buying gold for a year, an appeal aimed at defending the country’s foreign-exchange reserves as geopolitical headwinds keep buffeting the rupee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 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
He gave a sharp tug as if against some obstruction, and looked up into the buffeting dark before looping the rope around a cleat on the suspension ring.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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