rarefied
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Their stakes are real, but the dispute comes to the court in such rarefied doctrinal form that the underlying injury almost disappears.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
The privilege is pressure, pressure is a privilege and the possibility of making such rarefied history, with folks at FanGraphs giving the Dodgers 27% odds to win this World Series, is anything but automatic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
The Iran war had turned one of the world’s most rarefied sports into a high-stakes evacuation mission—one that would be filled with logistical obstacles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Dictators may be faithless and brutal to their own people, but in the rarefied circle of fellow dictators, a kind of camaraderie flourishes.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
McCoy feared that the rarefied air in the Enterprise was enervating the crew.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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