buffeted

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In a country where lives have long been buffeted by crises, it is a snapshot of a people just trying to get through the day while their future hangs on forces beyond their control.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 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

Most of BlackRock’s revenue still comes from managing public stocks and bonds, which has helped shield it from the steeper losses that have buffeted pure-play private asset managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

A small open economy, New Zealand is often buffeted badly at times of elevated global uncertainty as it was a year ago when U.S. tariff policies upset international supply chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

There were only the sounds he had known all these years in Salem—the creaking of the old wooden house, buffeted by Atlantic winds.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham