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buffalo

[buhf-uh-loh] / ˈbʌf əˌloʊ /


















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The food is more lounge-like with build-your-own bowls, buffalo cauliflower, salad fixin’s and a couple of desserts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

They recommend making a simple chicken salad, which can be enjoyed on its own or in a sandwich, along with fajitas, pot pie, buffalo chicken dip, empanadas and chicken noodle soup.

From Salon May 30, 2026

He has denied wrongdoing, and said the money came from the legitimate sale of buffalo from his farming business.

From BBC May 11, 2026

Baker’s Indigenous and German heritage inform her three large abstract collage hangings, created using synthetic turf animated by acrylic paint, yarn and a variety of natural materials, including corn husk, willow, buffalo hide and buckskin.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Sometimes in the buffalo shed; other times the band shell benches or the pavilion.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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

Her father, a club cricketer and clerk at the district court, sold milk from the family's four buffaloes to support the household.

From BBC Nov. 6, 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 illustrates the complex web of interactions among ants, trees, elephants, lions, zebras and buffaloes.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

Already she had read about bees and buffaloes, Bermuda vacations and Byzantine architecture.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

"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

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

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

“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 Adams, Andy




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