buffet
Example Sentences
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In September, high tides and powerful wave activity from Hurricane Marie buffeted the San Clemente coastline, temporarily halting Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service after more erosion and slope damage was spotted near the train tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Software companies, whose shares were buffeted this year by concerns that new AI tools would render them obsolete, were among the best performers in the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The problems that have long buffeted the nation’s smaller schools are now spreading to the nation’s bigger, richer universities—with midsize private schools such as Syracuse especially feeling the pinch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
If bouts of rain wasn't enough, parts of southern England and Wales will be buffeted by strong winds at times too.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The force of his flight buffeted her back, and she watched him climb into the sky, over the trees, and then he was gone into the cooling day.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
