rarely
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Life is rarely simple, but retirement is nearly always complicated.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Travolta’s never been cavalier about his passion for flying and aeronautics, but rarely has he spoken as candidly about the source of that love as he does in “Propeller One-Way Night Coach.”
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Scientists just don’t know how the trees will respond to or recover from the fire, because the island has so rarely dealt with flames, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
All-out attack is rarely a winning recipe in US Opens, but at the Riviera Country Club it very nearly paid off for Charley Hull.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“Dudgeon” is the sort of old-fashioned term one rarely hears nowadays, but the condition it describes remains all too familiar.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing rarely
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 9
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Rosetta Stone's Essential Academic Vocabulary: Lesson 17
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