elites

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The revelations from the files further fueled the widespread, bipartisan exasperation among voters with the wealthiest elites.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Moscow’s Vnukovo airport is home to a sleek white Bombardier Global 7500—a $75 million Western-built jet that caters to the world’s wealthy and business elites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Having established some common ground, Adams then veered off in a direction that had always gotten him into political trouble—namely, the inevitable role that elites play in making history happen.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis