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Recent Examples of buffeted
All rights reserved From repayment, to collections, to loan forgiveness, student loans have been buffeted by major changes during the last year.
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Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Earth is currently being buffeted by a high-speed solar wind stream from a colossal coronal hole on the sun.
—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
Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Earth is currently being buffeted by a high-speed solar wind stream from a colossal coronal hole on the sun.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffeted
Verb
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The skier’s comments somehow came to the attention of the president, who lashed out at Hess on Truth Social on Sunday.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2026
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The president has lashed out at current Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's slow-and-steady approach to interest rate cuts over the last year.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Court documents say when the officers tried to leave, Catlett pounded on the hood and kicked the side door of their car.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Searchers looked in backyards, knocked on doors and pounded the pavement.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ghadimi licked her lips over and over.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 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
Verb
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Officials outlined a Preferential Trade Zone with price floors intended to stabilize markets battered by oversupply and price suppression.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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She was also battered before the 2019 world championships but took bronze in downhill before going into a nearly six-year retirement.—
Andrew Dampf,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Pierce died Friday after being whipped with a belt and being forced to stand in a cold shower, authorities said.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Thanks to whipped egg whites, these cookies are airy and crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Lang fled after being doused with water, pelted with snowballs and punched by counter-protesters.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 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
Verb
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Coarse stones with large crystals chip and fracture easily when knocked together.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the letter to Demacopoulos, the family said Gutiérrez told a friend that her boyfriend punched her and knocked one out.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The book's Japanese translator was murdered, and others associated with it were attacked.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Because as Bam Adebayo attacked a second-quarter offensive rebound with seemingly nothing but open air space toward the rim, teammate Kel’el Ware had similar thoughts of contesting that same carom of that Davion Mitchell errant attempt.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Buffeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffeted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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