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Roberts even compared this series comeback win to a couple of three-games-to-one deficits that his teams have overcome, elevating Friday night to rarefied air.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Text In one of the more rarefied areas of Southampton, New York, a 140-plus-year-old cottage in a serene park-like setting has come to market for the first time in more than three decades with an asking price of $18.5 million.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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Terroir, that term for a sense of place in wine and food, is often bandied about in rarefied, Eurocentric terms.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Ohtani reached rarefied air Thursday in Miami.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
Text In one of the more rarefied areas of Southampton, New York, a 140-plus-year-old cottage in a serene park-like setting has come to market for the first time in more than three decades with an asking price of $18.5 million.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
Recipes for Sweets and Treats Inspired by My Corner Store'
Terroir, that term for a sense of place in wine and food, is often bandied about in rarefied, Eurocentric terms.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Ohtani reached rarefied air Thursday in Miami.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Plus, couples who move around at night will have an easier time changing positions, thanks to the buoyant coil base layer.Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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Amid a slowdown in art sales that saw the company report a 25 percent decline in auction sales and 88 percent slump in its core business in late August, this configuration feels all the more timely given that Paris has been buoyant for the auction house.Lily Templeton, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
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This weightless mist locks in your makeup, including glitter eyeshadow, for up to 16 hours.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Republicans spoke and moved with the weightless optimism of young lovers meeting in a summer town, or junkies who have finally scored.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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By the 13th century, cloud had shifted to specifically refer to the visible, vaporous masses in the atmosphere.Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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And by the way, no one at ARTS was talking about the vaporous Tesla robotaxi (but to be fair, Tesla is probably not talking about ARTS either).Richard Bishop, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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These slip-ons offer a flexible, lightweight construction that instantly forms to the foot, ensuring a pain-free, confident stride.Trina Gray, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Feed some ties through pegboard holes to hang lightweight buckets or baskets to keep tiny tools and small workshop supplies organized (including excess zip ties!).Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
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From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
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There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho.Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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The lighter-than-air craft then edges toward the road and strikes the power line, causing several electrical sparks to fly.Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2024
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Then came Quan’s moving ballet, Beneath the Tides, set to Concert No. 1 by Camille Saint-Saëns, with House of Gilles’s stunning costumes: waist-cinching corsets with nothing beneath for the men and diaphanous midi dresses with flowing skirts for the women.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Saying something freshly substantive about female desire while honoring the film’s defining spirit of vapid, diaphanous horniness is a tricky, potentially unworkable brief.Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
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At the very least, discomfort from a flimsy sports bra may distract you from your athletic pursuits.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
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Every room is furnished with a king-size bed, all come with a refrigerator and instead of flimsy, folding luggage racks, each has a standard banquette for storage.Ryan Slattery, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Rarefied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rarefied. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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