rub shoulders

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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

Traders will also be keeping an eye on artificial intelligence this week, as tech CEOs and global leaders rub shoulders at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The "Victory Day" parade, which takes place on Wednesday, will see Kim rub shoulders with China's President Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and other world leaders - making it his first multilateral international meeting.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

One fictional world blends into the next, allowing characters to rub shoulders in real life just as they do on a shelf.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The whites I’d known loved to rub shoulders publicly with black folks in the after-hours clubs and speakeasies.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey