elites
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What I found is that this is not just a protest of one project in one area by one couple of American elites.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Dubbed a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country, shining a spotlight on murky links between Malta's business and political elites.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Perhaps not surprising, this recognition begins with business elites 3,000 miles away from Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Its carefully planned streets and advanced brick drainage systems indicate that resources were directed toward shared infrastructure rather than monuments celebrating rulers or religious elites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the New World the ability to write was confined to small elites among some peoples of modern Mexico and neighboring areas far to the north of the Inca Empire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
