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Recent Examples of buffeted
Earth is currently being buffeted by a high-speed solar wind stream from a colossal coronal hole on the sun.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The bankruptcy is another reminder of the stark challenges for a retail industry that’s been buffeted by changing consumer tastes and macroeconomic turbulence.
—Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
By the way, his department in Utah had been buffeted by scandal, including a cop searching for nudes on a female victim’s phone.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
But reductions were 24% higher than a year ago and the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic – another sign of a volatile job market buffeted with economic challenges from slowing demand to tariff uncertainties.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The upper Plains is also expected to be buffeted by strong winds gusting up to 50mph at time.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Though the families once wielded far-reaching control within New York City, their influence—and membership—have been buffeted since the 1980s by corporate takeovers and prosecutions, according to experts.
—Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Operating income plunged 40% in the third quarter, reflecting ongoing strains on the electric-vehicle business that’s being buffeted by changing US policies.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The nail industry—and the hair industry—operate on exploitative labor conditions buffeted by state connections and nepotism.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The bankruptcy is another reminder of the stark challenges for a retail industry that’s been buffeted by changing consumer tastes and macroeconomic turbulence.
—Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
By the way, his department in Utah had been buffeted by scandal, including a cop searching for nudes on a female victim’s phone.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
But reductions were 24% higher than a year ago and the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic – another sign of a volatile job market buffeted with economic challenges from slowing demand to tariff uncertainties.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The upper Plains is also expected to be buffeted by strong winds gusting up to 50mph at time.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Though the families once wielded far-reaching control within New York City, their influence—and membership—have been buffeted since the 1980s by corporate takeovers and prosecutions, according to experts.
—Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Operating income plunged 40% in the third quarter, reflecting ongoing strains on the electric-vehicle business that’s being buffeted by changing US policies.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The nail industry—and the hair industry—operate on exploitative labor conditions buffeted by state connections and nepotism.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffeted
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But Johnson, who won a pair of Super Bowl championships with the Cowboys, lashed out at Spygate being the reason for Belichick not being selected.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is far from the first time the White House has lashed out at the cohosts of The View.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Celtics pounded the paint with Neemias Queta and Luka Garza, a pair of bruising bigs who also can force the issue from 3-point range despite their lumbering dispositions.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Trump seems to have arrived, on his own, at the same understanding of geography and politics that was pounded into the heads of Soviet schoolchildren, including Putin and me.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Just hours before Saturday morning’s Shabbat service, flames and smoke licked through the synagogue, destroying at least two Torahs and many prayer books.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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When asked by director Marina Zenovich if there was a time when Chase walked away from his mother and stepfather and never saw them again, Chase pretended to swat a fly on his forehead, then licked his fingers as if eating the imaginary bug.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2026
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Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of an American embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The arts scene in South Florida has been battered by funding cuts at the federal and state levels over the last few years.—
Daniel Rivero,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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In an unlit room, the children are whipped and verbally chastized.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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Mountains of snow accumulated in drifts, whipped by winds of 50 mph or more.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Playing on tour with Elvis Costello, the Clash, and the Cars, they’d been pelted with shoes, coins, and even knives.—
Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
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Mason Lake, a photojournalist who has been exposed to various crowd-control tactics while covering protests in Portland, Oregon, said getting hit with pepper balls feels similar to being pelted with paintballs.—
Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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The styling team has knocked it out of the park yet again.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In September 2014, TMZ published a grainy elevator security video that showed Ray Rice, the star running back for the Baltimore Ravens, punching his girlfriend in the face so hard that she was knocked unconscious.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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One study in 2020 surveyed 261 herders in Mongolia, another common habitat for snow leopards; while many reported having seen snow leopards, or had their livestock attacked by snow leopards, none reported any attacks on humans.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The upstream piranhas attacked her, and her blood flowing downstream attracted the rest of the piranhas, leaving the creek clear for the herd to cross.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Buffeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffeted. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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