elite
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Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The British novelist Gwendoline Riley introduces her narrator, Laura, through a series of episodes that capture her uneasy foray into adulthood—caught between her working-class origins and her new place among London’s creatively ambitious, self-involved elite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Whiteman hasn't played football, though Baller League and mates' five-a-side teams have been in touch, or followed the game too closely since breaking out of that everyday elite structure.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The logic behind it is firmly rooted in 19th-century London; back then, the city’s financial elite would regularly escape their stuffy urban environs during the summer months.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
When Fuller first encountered resistance from the black elite, he dropped in on Austin at the offices of the Carolina Times.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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