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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Real-life proprietor Andrea Pruett, a sweet but steely Southerner who kept her own gun behind the counter, greeted them in French and German, then fed them buffalo burgers and omelets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Authorities in Zambia have warned people not to eat meat from wildlife after dozens of wild animals, including hippos, elephants, buffalo and a crocodile died following an anthrax outbreak.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

This super fragrant, flavorful dish features slow-cooked, fall-apart-tender buffalo in a curry with notes of clove and nutmeg.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

One project in the works: a buffalo mac and cheese packing 40 grams of protein for GLP-1 users trying to stave off muscle loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Roosevelt threw himself into the physical demands of cattle roundups, bronco busting, and buffalo and grizzly bear hunting.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

In the latest outbreak in the Munyamadzi Game Management Area, in Muchinga province, Zambia's Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit said 46 hippos, eight elephants, five buffaloes and one crocodile had died since July.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Faced with poaching and the gradual destruction of their natural habitats, big mammals have largely disappeared, according to the survey which underlined the need to protect chimpanzees, buffaloes and elephants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

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 has some of the fewer than 100 remaining critically endangered mountain bongos in the world, alongside rhinos, elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards and others.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Fires raged and the roads out of Saigon were jammed with refugees and water buffaloes pulling overloaded carts and crying children searching for parents and retreating South Vietnamese soldiers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

"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

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

He says the amount stolen was $580,000 - and that he got it for selling buffalos.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022

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

The senior-laden Bulls have won 12 consecutive games and won’t be able to sneak up on anyone after they buffaloed Arizona in the first round last season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2019

They get good stories, because the newspapers get buffaloed.

From Time ● Jun. 16, 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 Andy Adams




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