extravagance
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In the background to all of that extravagance was a pending Premier League judgment against Man City on 115 charges of breaching financial regulations over the course of a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“Drag is often obviously about a certain kind of extravagance and fabulousness and Maddie is very humble,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Trust that if you’ve never enjoyed your eggs with such extravagance and complexity, it will change your palate for the better.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
"We don't need all that extravagance to find our soulmate. The channel isn't as essential as it used to be," agreed Roslin Dantin, a 30-year-old cattle farmer.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Jo frowned upon that piece of extravagance, and asked why he didn’t buy a frail of dates, a cask of raisins, and a bag of almonds, and be done with it?
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Saudi Arabia is focusing on Vision 2030's more pragmatic ventures as extravagances like NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert, and Riyadh's cuboid skyscraper Mukaab, are scaled back or scrapped to save costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Anytime he would do any renovations to Sussex Drive or repairs, the media would be all over him for extravagances," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
His mother, like many wartime children, was inclined to small economies like switching off lights, and deplored her eldest son’s extravagances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
That is to say, every person to cross its doors is entitled to the most lavish extravagances imaginable.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021
True, the $30 slacks in Key West and the $20 belt in Minneapolis were extravagances; I now know I could have done better at the Salvation Army or even at Wal- Mart.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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