rub shoulders with
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Travelling on matchday -2 and the evening of matchday +1, the squad had time to rub shoulders with some of the best in the world, with France staying not too far away in Boston.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
Europe's biggest tech trade fair Vivatech opens Wednesday in Paris for a 10th-anniversary edition where enthusiasm for generative AI will rub shoulders with anxiety about the continent's technological dependence.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
She was brashly optimistic in what she calls “the good old days,” thrilled to rub shoulders with Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and Liza Minnelli at Halston’s fabled glass-and-steel Upper East Side townhouse.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024
Polished studio productions rub shoulders with TikTok hits recorded teenage bedrooms and songs by fictional characters.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023
To rub shoulders with death always leaves a chilly feeling in my heart for a day or two.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon
