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bison

[bahy-suhn, -zuhn] / ˈbaɪ sən, -zən /
NOUN
buffalo
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"Bison hunting activity was not simply following prey populations."

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

This new small worker city—rows of modular units and RV spaces—could rise minutes from the Bison Crossing neighborhood, where the Higginses live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“The situation with Iran continues to escalate,” said Josh Young, chief investment officer at Bison Interests, an oil and gas investment firm.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Bison populations were already in steep decline by the mid-1800s, but after the Civil War, as industrialization transformed transportation, communication and mass production, the U.S.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

Bison can run for hours at thirty miles per hour and use their massive, horned skulls like battering rams.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann



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