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Attacks by long-range drones have unleashed a fuel crisis in Russia and won rare praise for Ukraine from President Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

These conflicts will become more common, said Hughes, as medical technology evolves, with scattered locations providing specialty care for chronic, critical and rare conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Convictions are uncommon not because allegations are rare but because the legal system is slow and flawed.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

The roll call also revealed some rare splits between members of Democratic leadership, present and past.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026

“A lucky pearl,” Nim whispered, because anything so rare must be lucky, and to be beautiful and rare must be the luckiest of all.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

Days exceeding 30C - known as "very hot" days by the Met Office - used to be much rarer.

From BBC ● May 22, 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

It grew rarer as the pattern of their warring changed.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

A survey of the Blean will focus on six endangered species that are found there, including the the heath fritillary butterfly, one of the UK's rarest, and the turtle dove.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

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

Then he tilted back his head and roared with laughter as if I had told the rarest jest of all.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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

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

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

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

As for now, she is raring for the Mexican leg of her “K de Karma Tour” that kicks off on April 25 in her hometown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 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

It has become a passion for both and it’s still raring.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

I could tell Flapjack was raring to go, but ’less you knowed what to look for, you might not see it.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis