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rare

[rair] / rɛər /




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Together, these patterns offer a rare view of how family relationships may have shaped authority, inheritance, and social rank within the settlement.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

But as the tournament reached its conclusion on Sunday evening, the soccer universe came to a rare consensus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

A city hearing in May regarding alcohol sales at the site provided a rare opportunity for public comment on the property.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Retiree health coverage provided by employers has become increasingly rare, and only 19% of part-time workers have health coverage from those jobs, according to KFF, a health-policy research organization.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

That’s rare, though, and it only happens if he thinks they’ve got what it takes.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

That’s rarer than you think and a good plan makes it rarer still.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

Live jazz is rare and getting rarer in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Off to the right is a mob of meerkats and on the other side, some black and white goats that are rarer than giant pandas.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Women may be particularly vulnerable to the drugs’s side effects, which can also include nausea, diarrhea, migraines and rarer cases of pancreatitis.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that’s rarer than a lover; it’s more unselfish anyhow.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The historic observations, led by a University of Hawai'i at Mānoa research team, provide an unprecedented look at one of the world's rarest and most mysterious sharks without removing it from its habitat.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

Nevertheless, Haaland has emerged as the rarest sort of superstar: the one who can single-handedly spark a Cinderella run.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

A project to help save one of the UK's rarest native trees has begun in North Yorkshire.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Many of the news stories highlighted the threat to the unique plants and animals inhabiting the island off the coast of Santa Barbara, from plucky, pint-sized foxes to the rarest pine trees in North America.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Since the time of the alchemists, more and more elements have been discovered, the latest to be found tending to be the rarest.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

A group of Chinese billionaires, including Pony Ma, the Tencent founder, issued rared public statements supporting President Xi Jinping’s contentious handling of the economy.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2023

"Every pitch, I rared back, and after a while I didn't even look at the target."

From Time Magazine Archive

Aware that Newton Minow got a lot of acreage simply by calling TV a "vast wasteland," Goldwater rared back his onager at a Greek-American dinner in Chicago and let the rocks fly at U.S. television.

From Time Magazine Archive

The citizens rared up and threw an anti-chain tax for a loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

People screamed and ran, horses and mules screeched and rared.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"It's the back end of the season and I'm raring to go," Watkins told TNT Sports after Villa moved one step closer to a place in a European semi-final.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

While American oil producers have expressed hesitancy about rushing back to Venezuela, the companies that provide them with equipment and expertise, such as Halliburton, are raring to go.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

The Harris campaign ended the night raring to debate again.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2024

Americans had fins on their cars, gas in the tanks, and money in their pockets, and were raring to hit those new interstates.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

I’d barely closed my eyes good when T.R. went to growling and the mules commenced raring up and squealing.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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