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Unlike the enormous quantities of relatively low-energy neutrinos produced by the Sun, these powerful cosmic visitors are extremely rare.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Keep in mind, it’s exceedingly rare for an NFL team to carry two kickers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Sunderland fan Bradley died aged six in 2017 from neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“It’s an extremely rare and hugely valuable piece of moving sculpture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Only on rare occasions did their good behavior falter: for example, when peas were unexpectedly served at luncheon.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Even rarer are definitive answers to the context in which photos were taken.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

A multiyear real-estate slump has no end in sight, steady jobs are becoming rarer, especially for young people, and many people seem to be hoarding their money in preparation for worse times ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Accidents involving professionals like the medical chopper crew, he said, are much rarer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

It grew rarer as the pattern of their warring changed.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Scientists needed increasingly sophisticated instruments to investigate the rarest and most energetic neutrinos arriving from space.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Listed as "captive-bred", it belongs to the world's rarest great ape species, with around 800 individuals remaining.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

All of it’s made the Bananas the rarest of things in this commodified world: an authentic, grassroots phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Several British zoos are setting up so-called ark populations of the glutinous snail, one of Europe's rarest species, using creatures bred in a back garden in Ceredigion.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sugar was considered a spice, though not the rarest and most expensive.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

A group of Chinese billionaires, including Pony Ma, the Tencent founder, issued rared public statements supporting President Xi Jinping’s contentious handling of the economy.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

"Every pitch, I rared back, and after a while I didn't even look at the target."

From Time Magazine Archive

The citizens rared up and threw an anti-chain tax for a loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aware that Newton Minow got a lot of acreage simply by calling TV a "vast wasteland," Goldwater rared back his onager at a Greek-American dinner in Chicago and let the rocks fly at U.S. television.

From Time Magazine Archive

People screamed and ran, horses and mules screeched and rared.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Take, for example, a runner whose preparation for a race has gone perfectly and who is confident and raring to go.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

While Exxon Mobil balked at the idea of returning to a country that twice nationalized its assets, the oil-field service firms that work with national oil companies and Texas wildcatters alike are raring to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Bright said it was "really refreshing" to return to Chelsea training and is now raring to go for the new campaign.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2025

The Harris campaign ended the night raring to debate again.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024

Her heart was pounding, raring the hands vod mouths were gorie^ heat washed over bar skm, and Dany blinked at a sodden glare.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin