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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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Living in nomadic groups, the men use handmade bows and arrows to hunt Cape buffalo, baboons and the rodent-like hyrax.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

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

From BBC • May 8, 2026

This was a year after her sister had asked, with cameras rolling, whether a can of Chicken of the Sea contained tuna or chicken, and whether Buffalo wings were made out of buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

That puts places like Okomu, a tropical forest in the country's southwest -- and the endangered buffalo, forest elephants and white-bellied pangolins that live in it -- increasingly at risk.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Someone practical like Perilee might tell me it was only the buffalo grass, warmed to sweetness by the spring sun.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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