rare
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China's President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to North Korea on Monday, where he met an emboldened Kim Jong Un who has drawn closer to Moscow while expanding his country's nuclear weapons programme.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Today paracervical blocks during IUD insertion in the United States remain rare.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026
Japan, which has endured Chinese rare-earth restrictions as far back as 2010, has spent more than a decade reducing its reliance on its Asian rival for rare earths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
In a rare move, he was named publicly as Robert Albon by a family court judge after a case in Cardiff, to warn of the dangers of unregulated sperm donation.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“A lucky pearl,” Nim whispered, because anything so rare must be lucky, and to be beautiful and rare must be the luckiest of all.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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Workshop 5, Part 1
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