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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Another Outback creature, commonly found in the Northern Territory, is the buffalo.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

Sometimes his friends would even dare him to tell a joke about buffalo wings, the kind of dares that can only be conceived by years of friendship.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Under a tent, Irma Spears’s brother fried up 240 pounds of catfish and buffalo fish.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

At the time, Ramaphosa said the cash was from the legitimate sale of buffalo from his farming business.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Jimmy McClean walked among the buffalo berry thickets along the Smoking Earth River.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

Another woman, Goma Pandit, said she had lost her buffaloes and all her other cattle.

From BBC Aug. 27, 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

Hundreds of buffaloes have been killed in similar circumstances in the past.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

However, buffaloes are larger than zebras and hang out in groups, making them much more formidable prey.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

“Okay with me. I got along better with the buffaloes anyway.”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Yala National Park, located in the country's south-east, is one of Sri Lanka's most popular wildlife parks, home to a high concentration of leopards, elephants and buffalos, among other animals.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

"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

I kept on walking, passing paddocks filled with horses, cows, and shaggy-furred cattle that I realized must be buffalos.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

"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 Andy Adams




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