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  • The typhoon was astonishingly noisy now—the wind howled as the waves buffetted the base of the rig, and the relentless rain knifed into the steel exterior of the rig at seventy miles an hour.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • The typhoon was astonishingly noisy now—the wind howled as the waves buffetted the base of the rig, and the relentless rain knifed into the steel exterior of the rig at seventy miles an hour.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • The typhoon was astonishingly noisy now—the wind howled as the waves buffetted the base of the rig, and the relentless rain knifed into the steel exterior of the rig at seventy miles an hour.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • The typhoon was astonishingly noisy now—the wind howled as the waves buffetted the base of the rig, and the relentless rain knifed into the steel exterior of the rig at seventy miles an hour.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Yes Professors are buffetted against direct contact with market forces but that is hardly isolated to the academic world and even the Poetry Department has a head who must live within a budget.

    Academic Self-Selection, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In your case, I hope it helps being buffetted by the kindness of friends and strangers.

    Snap | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Mars has been buffetted by this and is left with a residual atmosphere.

    Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals? | Universe Today 2010

  • This is why a credible church needs to hang on to its truths or it will be buffetted by every trendy wave that comes along.

    "A woman in an airport bathroom who, I felt, had addressed my daughter Julia with an unforgivable tone of officiousness and disdain..." Ann Althouse 2009

  • We know that we ourselves are buffetted and thrown about, but we want to think that someday, somehow, we'll get to a place of answers.

    Honest faith Sara 2009

  • We know that we ourselves are buffetted and thrown about, but we want to think that someday, somehow, we'll get to a place of answers.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Sara 2009

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