extravagance
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When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
To anyone who disagreed with the need for a ship, Del Toro would explain that it was not an extravagance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
He says most buyers are not chasing extravagance as much as efficiency.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
They got rid of the extravagance favored by the monarchy.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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