first-rate

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Mr. Enrigue follows both groups on their hazardous journeys into the Sierra Madre, and the writing, translated by Natasha Wimmer, yields all the pleasures of a first-rate adventure with none of the sentimentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The cast is uniformly first-rate, not just the likes of Mr. Tenney but the lesser knowns, among them the glorious Ms. Verlaque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“He is assuredly a first-rate and widely respected orthopedic surgeon,” Stephen Larson, an attorney for Khounganian, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

This first-rate B-picture couldn’t ask for better branding.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

“I have always thought you would have made a first-rate Lord Chancellor,” he told his friend, and “I now appeal to you as Lord Chancellor!’

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman