upper crust
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Even as the upper crust regarded Alpha Law’s members as parasites, some of the elite in pelvic-mesh multidistrict-litigation leadership positions profited handily from their efforts.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Thucydides was a political analyst from Athens’s upper crust, an insider breaking down the Greeks’ drama in search of the “truest cause” of events.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
His debut novel, “The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco,” a contemporary mystery set amid the Mexican upper crust in the picturesque town of San Miguel de Allende, is out Thursday via Amazon Crossing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
The melts were buoyant and ascended back to the upper crust, trapping the heat-producing elements there in rocks like granite and allowing the lower crust to cool and harden.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
I’ve heard enough from Baltimore’s upper crust, and I aim to find my own answers.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
