buffet
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The pair went to a buffet restaurant where diners were charged according to the number of food sticks they accumulated throughout the meal.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
You can buffet your ownership legacy by handing this civic jewel to someone who will appreciate it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
There are handwashing stations outside the buffet, sanitizer dispensers outside restaurants and reminders in the daily newsletter to wash your hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
His videos show elderly passengers mingling around the buffet table.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
We were going on vacation to Crater Lake and we stopped at a resort on an Indian reservation for the buffet lunch.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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The Vegas of cheap rooms, 24-hour buffets and slot machines is giving way to pricey concerts, luxury suites and Formula One racing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
In the loop outside the theater are food trucks, buffets, and more than half a dozen Vancouver-area coffee, tea, and matcha pop-ups serving unlimited boutique offerings.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Footage seen by the BBC shows what appears to be undercooked food, buffets surrounded by flies and mould in rooms.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Consumers are especially drawn to all-you-can-eat deals and buffets during tighter economic times, Chiang said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
She weathered the buffets of history with resilience—but she weathered the buffets of heredity with something more than resilience: a grace that we, as her descendants, can only hope to emulate.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The group's performance reflects the roller coaster ride by cocoa prices over the past five years when it has been buffeted by wars, poor harvests and economic worries in key markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Is this a particularly turbulent moment in British history that has left leaders buffeted by events?
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
“The economy will continue to be buffeted by swings and shocks, but underlying activity will be anything but stagnant,” Pearce notes.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Her fur coat was buffeted by stiff headwinds.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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India’s prime minister has urged locals to stop buying gold for a year, an appeal aimed at defending the country’s foreign-exchange reserves as geopolitical headwinds keep buffeting the rupee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The luxury sector is currently going through a challenging period for sales globally that is impacting many companies, but Hermes has been well-protected from the buffeting.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
Globalization was buffeting the region with other big changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Had it been deployed, it could have helped counter the wind buffeting the Bayesian’s 75-metre high aluminium mast and kept the ship stable.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
So he gripped the ridge of the scales and flattened himself against the dragon’s back, and with great gusts of wind buffeting at his ears, they rose together.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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