buff
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Dad was a bit of a history buff and I was on my first big trip away from home.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Wilson said as an actor and a movie buff, it was a thrill to see how the action sequences were put together.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
He’s flanked by fountain fireworks while a buff guitarist with a blond mullet and glittery spandex shorts wails on guitar to the tune of Lenny Kravitz’s cover of “American Woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Simmons, a self-confessed family history buff, said his great-grandfather studied in London between 1839 to 1844.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
For a second I thought he was Ares, because this guy looked exactly like the god of war—tall and buff, with a cruel scarred face and closely shaved black hair.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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