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Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced hundreds of layoffs last month and bankruptcy appeared increasingly likely as it secured financing to continue operations.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Buffeted by attack, Mr. Barr kept an unusually small inner circle of aides and relied on them, rather than the heads of the department’s divisions, for advice, according to former officials.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020

Buffeted by the exodus of production from Hollywood and the march of time, Zabrucky, the man who spent the past four decades fashioning the look of the future wants to focus on his own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2020

Buffeted by political and humanitarian crises, one of Latin America’s least religious countries is turning to faith.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2019

Buffeted about by the spirals of gold, Lon concentrated on the scorch marks.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee