the privileged
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Golf has long carried a reputation as a pastime reserved for the privileged - with the average age of a golfer in many traditional club settings in the 50s.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
With insurance and maintenance costs way up too, new-vehicle shopping is starting to look like a pursuit of the privileged.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Brown, who died Sept. 28 of cancer at the age of 87, often said higher education shouldn’t be “just be for the privileged and the lucky.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Redford derided not only crookedness but the perversion of procedure and hard work that resulted in the privileged mounting their success on the backs of others.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2025
Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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