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seldom

[sel-duhm] / ˈsɛl dəm /


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Seldom have the favelas been treated so intimately, strategically or panoramically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney credited Crowley with directing the film with a "tender yet truthful touch", adding: "Seldom has such an unflinchingly honest take on mortality felt so transcendently life-affirming."

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Seldom have 58,000 people, uniformly this vocally delighted and expressive, produced such an ear-piercing sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

"Seldom in the history of U.S. antitrust law has one case had the potential to do so much good for so many people," noted John Newman, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023

Seldom did any ship come to them even from Soders or Rolameny, they having nothing to trade for bronze or fine wares; they had not even any wood.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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