ritzy
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La Roja landed in America over a month ago and set up shop at a ritzy private school in Chattanooga, Tenn. of all places.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The public had also bid $15,000 on the olive-green painted wood front gates to the only home Monroe ever owned in the ritzy Brentwood neighbourhood.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The Canadian-born performer was rushed to the hospital on January 30 after having difficulty breathing at her home in the ritzy Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Whether you’re settled into an armchair or considering your own journey on Amtrak, Canada’s VIA Rail or the ritzy Rocky Mountaineer, here are some of our favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
I catch the midnight bus from Steve's ritzy part of town over to Underhill.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
One of the ritzier camps, Midway employs a staff of cooks and personal valets and boasts an extensive wine cellar.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2023
The Western diplomat estimates that the proportion of women refusing to publicly wear the hijab in the ritzier neighbourhoods of north Tehran is even higher than 20%.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
Detractors who bristle at Tan and Wang’s depiction of China as a backwater will surely find some solace in Crazy Rich Asians, which highlights the continent’s ritzier, less tradition-bound present.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2018
Still, she and her best friend fantasized about a ritzier life on the other side of town, far from her family’s duplex on Brown Street.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2017
Cordelia’s family moves to a different, larger house, in a ritzier neighborhood farther north.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The ritziest pool of investors, which included senator Frank Flint and his brother, Motley, still got paid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Fraisse put it to me, pointing to two of the capital’s ritziest addresses.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
The Galleria, in the heart of Fletcher’s district, is one of the largest and ritziest malls in the United States.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2020
The startup even planned a grand showcase in late August at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, one of the ritziest car shows in the world.
From The Verge ● Dec. 31, 2018
One of my black classmates, a nerdy boy who was always kind to everyone, had parents who’d founded a big beauty-supply company and lived in one of the ritziest high-rises downtown.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
