buffet
have buffeted
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present perfectof buffet.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Those headwinds have buffeted the beer industry as a whole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Corruption scandals have buffeted the administration of the outgoing president, 67-year-old conservative Alejandro Giammattei, who won office four years ago vowing to clean up government.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
Enrollment downturns — brought on by population declines and rising tuition costs — have buffeted other small colleges across the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Emergencies have buffeted much of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tenure since the Democrat took office in 2019, vowing to “fix the damn roads.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
"These gentlemen are not accustomed to a Gulf of Lyons gale, which we have buffeted for twenty-one months, and not carried away a spar."
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
