elite
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"That became a habit, they're used to it," said one 29-year-old veteran of the capital's elite party scene, who like other interviewees requested anonymity for security reasons.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
In comparison to the cost of watching elite level football in any other setting, the prices being charged to attend are beyond astronomical.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
His advisers warned him otherwise, noting that Iran’s military, especially its elite Revolutionary Guard, was well armed, deeply embedded in the country’s social and economic structures, and fiercely loyal to the regime.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
The Mexican team’s lack of elite club experience, however, is obvious and could be a problem.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Instead, he was “a 36-year-old unshaven woolly-headed Guardsman in wrinkled flight suit and scuffed boots” facing “a cadre of handsome, young Marine officers—the President’s elite fliers: close-cropped, fresh-shaved, immaculate in tailored flight suits, spit-shined boots.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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