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[rair-lee] / ˈrɛər li /


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ICE picked him up at his annual check-in, and he disappeared for weeks, the government telling his family he had been sent to Cuba, which rarely accepts its nationals.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

Maxence Visseau, founder of macro and quantitative hedge fund Arkevium Capital, says he’s rarely seen such a stark divide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

And through it all, rarely have there been answers or transparency.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

"Energy knock-on effects rarely arrive all at once," he wrote.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

In truth, in almost all cases of the meeting of the two worlds—wild and so-called civilized—there rarely seems to be much difficulty.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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